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  • Main Page
    …ie Rowe plays to a packed house on 9 July 1966. Photograph courtesy Orange and District Historical Society, CWD Collection.]] …l promised to solicit the support of the Mayor, Alderman [[Clive Hamer]], and if [[Orange City Council]] agreed to a a public hall instead of a bowling …
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  • Hotels
    …nted it was necessary that the premises have ‘at least two sitting rooms and two sleeping rooms’ available to the public. … for the accommodation of six horses at the least’ with a supply of corn and hay had to be provided.
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  • John Neville Davis
    …e:CR-John-Davis.jpg|200px|thumb|left|John Davis, mayor of Orange 2004-2008 and 2009-2017.]] …erm spanned 30 years. He served on Blayney Shire Council from 1987 to 2004 and on Orange City Council from 2004 to 2017. Twelve of John’s 13 years on O…
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  • Electricity
    …The first electricity pole erected on January 8 1923 on the corner of Byng and Anson Streets]] …y, tired of waiting took matters in their own hands, purchased a generator and lit their Summer Street department store (now Myer) .installed their own g…
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  • Augustus Coulson
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Cook Park
    …-park.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Cook Park C 1920 with the James Dalton Fountain and the Bandstand in the background]] … it was laid out with ordered lawns, colourful flowerbeds; gravel walkways and a conservatory filled with choice plants. [[Alfred Andrew Patterson]] was …
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  • George McKay
    …r Orange between 1867-1869. George was a farmer of ''Collwood'', innkeeper and elder of the Presbyterian Church. He died in Bathurst on 30 July 1898. …l.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19821405/194937, ''Orange and district pioneer register to 1860'' (1996). Orange Family History Group. O…
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  • Orange City Library
    … “the library would bring Orange into line with many other towns, cities and shires which had decided to provide amenities of this nature”. …Ald White was one of the earliest advocates for a public library in Orange and had made the issue part of his policy at the 1950 elections when a referen…
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  • Robertson Park
    … the Council made a serious effort to reclaim it in 1892 by creating walks and providing seating. The marble fountain on the Summer Street frontage was the gift of Cobb and Co in 1896, in honour of William Franklin Whitney, one of the partners in …
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  • Coronation of Queen Elizabeth ll
    …ber of residents, including representatives of Orange Apex Club and Orange and District Scottish Association, both of whom have displayed a keen interest… …untain, down along the years, we should be able to select a most important and picturesque spot for the planting of this tree. We could not have got a be…
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  • Orange Regional Gallery
    …ncluding the square grid layout, which is reflected in the exterior walls, and in the paving, which represents tractor tyre marks. … to the proposal, suggesting that the city could not afford a new building and should add a storey to the existing library.
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  • Botanic Gardens
    [[Category:Parks and Gardens|Botanic Gardens]]
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  • Gosling Creek Reservoir
    …oped into an environmentally based recreation area over the course of 2001 and 2002. [[Category:Dams and Reservoirs|Gosling Creek Reservoir]]
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  • John Peter Peisley
    …'Perseus'' in 1802. He arrived with his wife Elizabeth Peisley nee Boswell and his baby daughter, Ann Mary Obee Peisley. It is believd they eventually h… …isley married Mary Dean who was the daughter of two convicts, William Dean and Elizabeth Hollingworth.
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  • William Samuel Stabback
    … East Orange Municipality and was a director of the Millthorpe Milling Co. and the Phoenix Cordial Factory in Anson Street, Orange. …med [[Stibbards Lane]], raising the question of whether that is a mistake, and [[Stabbacks Lane]] was intended.
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  • John Woodward
    …dent of the [[Orange Mechanics Institute]]. He was Mayor of Orange in 1870 and died on 4 October 1873. He is buried in the [[Orange Cemetery]].
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  • Reginald Allan Kidd
    …parents and grandparents. He was educated at Glenroi Heights Public School and Orange High School. …Glenroi School. He was also chairman of the Noxious Weeds Advisory Council and a member of the Catchment Management Authority.
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  • Allenby Road
    The name suggests this street was developed soon after World War I and named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allenby,_Edmund_Henry_Hynman,_1s… …he visit and hundreds of people from outlying districts came into the town and joined in the enthusiastic welcome afforded the distinguished visitors'.
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  • Eyles Street
    and at Canobolas and in 1881 spent a considerable sum in clearing, fencing and preparing the soil for the young trees. By 1884 about 30 acres had been pl… * Hughes, L. ''Streets of town'', [Orange and District Historical Society]. n.d.
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  • Peisley Street
    …e of the present Victoria Hotel. It was a name that stuck for a generation and the street which later adjoined his property was known as Peisley Street. [[John Peisley]] was the first Borough Chairman of Orange and the second [[Member of Parliament]] to represent Orange.
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  • James Torpy
    …nties he contributed many notable contributions to the press, both country and metropolitan. …n the fields of mining and agricultural science his knowledge was abundant and gave him an authority in any company.
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  • Elijah Eyles
    …ined 3,100 apple trees, 150 cherry trees and numerous pear, peach, quince, and plum trees. …was highly praised by the recipients. Their cherries ''“surpass for size and lusciousness any ever before grown in the colony."''
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  • Alfred William Blowes
    …Alfred had been a prominent worshipper, a member of the choir, a vestryman and Synod representative of the church. ::''Always a good townsman, he displayed a keen interest in his church, and also in civic matters.''
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  • William Ernest Bouffler
    …s the second Council Clerk for East Orange Municipality from 1895 to 1912, and was Mayor of Orange in 1918-19, having been an Alderman from 1912-1925. …mmunity activities. He played Rugby Union at State level, and enjoyed golf and bowls.
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  • Sampson Street
    …certained Sampson never lived in Orange. In 1838 he was living in Bathurst and in 1842 it is recorded he was poundkeeper at Mudgee. * Hughes, L. ''Streets of town'', [Orange and District Historical Society]. n.d.
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  • Torpy Street
    Named after [[James Torpy]], local politician and owner of the Orange Advocate.
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  • Warrendine Street
    …er at Wellington in 1876. He built ‘Warrendine House’ in 1877. Stables and large farm buildings then stood in the vicinity of the home. There was no … The Warrendine Estate was sold by auctioneers J.S. Leeds and Co., for W.N. Moulder, in the [[Forresters Hall]], on Thursday 11 May 1911…
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  • Blackett Place
    …structions be given to a surveyor to mark it. The land comprised 760 acres and at the cost of ₤190 was authorised on 14 December 1927, but the deed did… …acres adjoining his 760 acres, in October 1829. He never resided in Orange and sold his holdings to John Tom Lane.
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  • Rosedale Place
    …s. In 1845 Dale went to Rosedale and in 1865 acquired most of the property and later it all passed into his hands. * Hughes, L. ''Streets of town'', [Orange and District Historical Society]. n.d.
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  • Endsleigh Avenue
    …ary were made in 1836 and 1839. He built his first home near Gosling Creek and called it [[‘Bloomfield’]]. In 1858 he built his second home [[‘Ends… * Hughes, L. ''Streets of town'', [Orange and District Historical Society]. n.d.
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  • Glenroi Avenue
    … [[‘Bowen Terrace’]]. He built his home in the vicinity of his tannery and called it [[‘Glenroi’]]. Hughes, L. ''Streets of town'', [Orange and District Historical Society]. n.d.
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  • Lone Pine Avenue
    …enue. It takes its name from the pine tree at the intersection of the Lane and [[Bathurst Road]]. …fluenced by a popular song first called it The Lonesome Pine, but the tree and the area were soon to be known as Lone Pine.
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  • Lane Place
    …, the eldest son of [[William Lane]], later obtained ''[[Clifton Grove]]'' and ''[[Rosedale]]''. He was appointed first police magistrate in Orange in 18… …o the Patrician Brothers. It was then named ''[[Croagh Patrick]]'' College and in 1929 Croagh Patrick Orphanage. [[James B Lane]] was another member of t…
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  • Lords Place
    …k's Avenue]]...", presumably because of the number of solicitors and stock and station agents who had their offices there. … full swing.These yards were later known as the [[Willow Tree Saleyards]], and were the principal ones until the Municipal yards were erected in 1878, Mr…
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  • Anson Street
    …rge Anson] was conspicuous for his successful engagements with the Spanish and in the Pacific Ocean. Later he became Lord Admiral of the British Fleet.
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  • Moulder Street
    …]] where he erected his home in 1847. Later he acquired considerable lands and in 1851 sold allotments of land which gave Orange some stimulus towards se…
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  • Hamer Street
    Named after either [[Thomas Hamer]] or [[Syd Hamer]] (father and son), both noted butchers in Orange, who served in local government.
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  • Summer Street
    … It forms an interesting quartet with [[Autumn Street]], [[Spring Street]] and [[Winter Street]], but these three were added at the time of later subdivi…
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  • Byng Street
    …naval officer and was promoted to lieutenant in 1723, rear-admiral in 1745 and vice-admiral in 1747. Byng also served as Member of Parliament for Rochest… … the Admiralty to this effect, which resulted in his ordering home, arrest and court-martial.
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  • McNamara Street
    …cluding the [[Campdale]] estate. In 1850 he moved to Condobolin and Forbes and owned the first inns in those townships. Originally the street extended from [[Kite Street]] to [[Summer Street]] and the street north of Summer was known as [[Curran Street]]. The area from […
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  • Churchill Avenue
    …ly a bikepath with a footbridge. After World War II, the shop was opened, and Churchill Ave. was put in, named after Sir Winston Churchill".
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  • Coronation Drive
    …"Coronation Drive" began on Monday, 13 July. Council's men dug the holes, and Orange Rotary provided the nearly 200 deciduous trees. Despite some worrie…
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  • Ewin Tandy
    …tary Inspector, Inspector of Dairies, Impounding Officer, Muncipal Bailiff and Collector of Sanitary Charges for the [[Municipality of East Orange]] on …
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  • Dalton Street
    …undary of the Bletchington Estate, parts of which were sold by Leeds Bros. and John Kenna for the Trustees of the Late [Thomas Dalton] on 29 March 1941.1…
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  • Hale Street
    Named after Orange architect and builder, [[John Hale]].
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  • Woodward Street
    …laroi College]] on the [[Bathurst Road]]. There he conducted a small store and handled the postal business of the time. Later he owned a store on the sit…
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  • Clinton Street
    …ied in 1795. He was Commander-in-Chief in the American War of Independence and was later Governor of Gibraltar.
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  • Newman Street
    …n of second in charge of the office. At the age of 18 he caught gold fever and tried his luck at the Forbes diggings with the worst result. …dia Copper Mines and Icely Copper Mines, but his inexperience proved fatal and he lost all his money.
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  • Joseph Windred
    …or-1876,-1883).jpg|200px|thumb|left|Joseph Windred Mayor of Orange in 1876 and 1883]] …[[Mayor of Orange]] in 1876 and 1883. He died at Molong on 12 January 1901 and was buried in the [[Orange Cemetery]].
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  • Windred Street
    Named for [[Joseph Windred]], [[Mayor of Orange]] in 1876 and 1883.
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  • Ploughmans Lane
    According to Ross Maroney the name seems to be at least as old as Orange, and although often wrongly spelt 'Plowman's' Lane, has no connection with the …
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  • Prince Street
    …was appointed to the Upper House. He held Ministerial office as Treasurer, and became a leading figure in financial circles.The name was changed from Lor…
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  • Autumn Street
    So named, with [[Spring Street]] and [[Winter Street]], to match the already named [[Summer Street]].
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  • Spring
    So named, with [[Autumn Street]] and [[Winter Street]], to match the already named [[Summer Street]].
    141 B (19 words) - 07:12, 7 May 2010
  • Winter Street
    So named, with [[Spring Street]] and [[Autumn Street]], to match the already named [[Summer Street]].
    177 B (23 words) - 02:23, 12 May 2010
  • Samuel Whitmee
    …y Council and was also [[Mayor of Orange]]. Samuel died in Orange in 1931 and is buried in the [[Orange Cemetery]].
    725 B (108 words) - 04:32, 2 November 2021
  • George Weily
    …son Street]], which he had built. He served as an Alderman for seven years and became [[Mayor of Orange]] in 1873. He died in Orange in 1891.He is burie… …l.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19821405/194937, ''Orange and district pioneer register to 1860'' (1996). Orange Family History Group. O…
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  • James Dalton
    …s born in Duntryleague, Limerick, Ireland, son of James Dalton, innkeeper, and his first wife Eleanor, née Ryan. James Dalton Snr was transported to NSW… …hey had great success producing roasted and ground coffee on a large scale and later built large wool stores in Orange, where in 1865 they built an impre…
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  • Michael Casey
    …one else to go to war in his place. He married [[Margaret Dalton]] in 1860 and in 1865 travelled to Orange to join his brother in-law [[James Dalton]], w…
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  • Patrick Kenna
    …nders of the First [[Orange Mechanics Institute]]. He died on 15 June 1894 and is buried in the [[Orange Cemetery]].
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  • Orange Cemetery
    …cated that Orange had a population of 28 people, with 7 houses constructed and another 7 under construction. However the discovery of Australia’s first… …byterian and Wesleyan) and smaller reserves (Pagans, Independents, Quakers and Jews).
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  • Spring Street
    So named, with [[Winter Street]] and [[Autumn Street]], to match the already named [[Summer Street]].
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  • Chinaman's Bend Cemetery
    …ablished at Frederick’s Valley. Early landowners such as [[Andrew Kerr]] and [[William Charles Wentworth]] purchased holdings in the area during the 18… The needs for a cemetery lead to Andrew Kerr clearing a site and establishing the [[Summer Hill Cemetery]]. This site was used for burials …
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  • Summer Hill Cemetery
    …ablished at Frederick’s Valley. Early landowners such as [[Andrew Kerr]] and [[William Charles Wentworth]] purchased holdings in the area during the 83… The needs for a cemetery lead to Andrew Kerr clearing a site and establishing the Summer Hill Cemetery. This site was used for burials from…
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  • Thomas Charles Bowen
    …of [[East Orange Council]] in 1900 and 1902. He sold 'Belpage' in 1929 he and his wife Emily retired to a house in [[Byng Street]]. Thomas died in Orang…
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  • Francis James (Frank) Mulholland
    …s a booking clerk for Cobb and Co coaches. He later operated a tobacconist and stationery business in Summer Street. On 26 March 1895 the mayor, [[Simon Kearney]], and Ald [[Charles James Smith]] asked if Francis would assist council by actin…
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  • Alfred Andrew Patterson
    …w Patterson 27 July 1887 Orange.JPG|200px|thumb|left|Margaret Mary Griffin and Alfred Andrew Patterson on their wedding day, Orange, 27 July 1887. Image … …es Dalton]], MLA for Orange, owner of the large properties [[Kangaroobie]] and [[Duntryleague]].
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  • Newman Park
    … of land suitable for the purpose. You will, I assure you, confer a great and lasting boon upon the people of East Orange'. The area had been a traditional Aboriginal meeting place and a point of blanket distribution from 1851 onwards.
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  • Colvin Park
    … into what will be, when finished, a pleasing addition to that end of town and visitors from places to the east who come by road will form a somewhat bet… …utification scheme. The garden plots in [[Lords Place]] are coming on well and it should not be long now before the [[Byng Street]] plots are put in hand…
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  • National Park
    …as a modern playground, with a cycle racing track, a football, and cricket and hockey ovals. * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) [http://www.ofhg.com.au/publications.htm ''Orange a visi…
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  • Memory Park
    … planted a Royal Oak as a Jubilee tribute to His Majesty [[King George V]] and other trees were planted to bring the mayoral memorial up to date. * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) [http://www.ofhg.com.au/publications.htm ''Orange a visi…
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  • Arthur Edmund Colvin
    …eynolds Colvin. He was educated at Auburn Public School, Newington College and The King’s School in Sydney; he subsequently completed a Bachelor of Med… During 1907 and 1908 Dr Colvin was resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital. He later m…
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  • Edwin Thomas McNeilly
    …bers of the Foresters’ Lodge. Such a funeral was unprecedented in Orange and one befitting a man described as “the uncrowned king of Orange.” …worked as a farmer and carrier and his mother attended to the house duties and ran a school room.
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  • Orange Botanic Gardens
    …e City Council with support from [[Friends of the Orange Botanic Gardens]] and other volunteer groups. Next door stands the community built [[Adventure … [[Category:Parks and Gardens|Orange Boatnic Gardens]]
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  • Adventure Playground
    … tree house, rocket, swings, slides, platforms and there are picnic tables and barbecues available. [[Category:Parks and Gardens|Adventure Playground]]
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  • Thomas Garret Dalton 1859 - 1911
    … had 6 children. May died in 1895. He subsequently married [[Mary Butler]] and had a further 2 children. In 1875 James Dalton Jnr built ''Killarney'' in Kite Street for Gatty and his family (now known as [[''Mena'']]).
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  • Thomas Joseph Dalton 1820-1901
    … 1863 and they built and lived in [[Knocklong]] in [[Hill Street]]. Thomas and Elizabeth had 7 children. Elizabeth died in 1877 at 34 years of age. In 18… …877 and served as the Member for Orange in the NSW Parliament between 1882 and 1891. He died in North Sydney on 26 June 1901.
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  • Orange Civic Centre
    …lding diagonally opposite the Court House. The building was then torn down and the grounds were added to Council's Civic Centre site. …nd Lords Place. Mayor Dobbin said the plans were only preliminary sketches and much discussion from all parties was needed.
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  • Orange Civic Theatre
    …e for many years: The [[Orange Dramatic Society]], formed in the mid 1940s and the [[Orange Choral Society]] formed in 1949. …which had regular meetings of drama enthusiasts from Cowra, Forbes, Parkes and Bathurst as well as an annual festival of one-act plays which continued in…
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  • Lake Canobolas
    … level atthe Meadow Creek reservoir (now Lake Canobolas) had risen 2ft 3in and although it was still 11 foot below the overflow a good stream was flowing… …-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19736053/356502,2 Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Chris Gryllis
    *Establish a close relationship with residents of neighbouring Councils and welcome them to Orange *Find long term solutions to water and water storage issues
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  • Jeremy Buckingham
    *To achieve the projects and undertakings as outlined in the Management Plan *To ensure that Council and Councillors are fiscally responsible
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  • Fiona Rossiter
    …dership as I have since I was first elected to Orange City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. …ith and support economically, culturally and socially disadvantaged people and groups
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  • Gavin Priestley
    *Environment and Economic Development Policy Committee … start the new division. For relaxation I like to fly light aircraft, read and take photographs.
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  • Glenn Taylor
    *Community Safety and Crime Prevention Community Committee I was elected to Council in 1995 and became Deputy Mayor in 1999 until 2004. I was again elected Deputy Mayor i…
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  • Jason Hamling
    …Hamling was born and bred in Orange. He attended [[Glenroi Public School]] and [[Canobolas Rural Technology High School]]. …has served on the Domestic Violence Working Committee, the Crime Committee and the Palliative Care Community Committee.
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  • Jeff Whitton
    …Promote the City of Orange in ways that will benefit present day residents and future residents being our children. *Investigate and implement drought proofing solution for the City of Orange.
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  • Peter Hetherington
    …le community of Orange to feel that it has representation at Council level and not be viewed as 'minority' or 'pressure' groups. … operated Indoor Aquatic Centre will directly benefit the Orange community and be assets for tourism promotion.
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  • Reginald Joseph Cutcliffe
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • James Dale
    …|thumb|left|James Dale, Chairman Orange Municipal Council 1864, Mayor 1868 and 1874]] …or 3 terms, 1864, 1868 and 1874. He died at Little Hartley on 13 June 1904 and was buried at Mt York on 16 June 1904.
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  • George De Vial Pilcher
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Frederick Sinclair Dobbin
    …w England University College of Sydney University where he studied science and education. …and. It was at Portland that he met Margaret Eileen Crowley (known as Peg) and they were married in Peg’s home town of Broken Hill on 29 December 1949.
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  • Andrew Edye
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Patrick Joseph Flanagan
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Clive Arthur Hamer
    …Arthur Hamer was born on 4 October 1923, at Perthville, near Bathurst, NSW and educated at Perthville Primary School (1930-1935). He attended Bathurst Hi… …g of aircraft movements (friendly and enemy), a continuous operation night and day in shifts.
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  • Ronald John Hill
    …n John was four years old. John started school at the local convent school and did his senior years at St Gregory’s School Campbelltown. … insufficient biology teachers in Orange he also taught after hours at PLC and Santa Maria.
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  • Sir Neville Howse VC
    …ictoria Cross for valour after rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire and bringing him to safety. Howse was the first Australian to be awarded the V… …appointed KCMG (Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George) and Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
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  • Stuart Lamrock
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Henry William Larance
    …in western Sydney on 24 June 1842. His parents were George Taylor Lawrence and Anne Elizabeth Lawrence nee Allman. …n alderman in 1885, replacing Joseph Windred. He served for fourteen years and was Mayor of Orange in 1890.
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  • James Stuart Leeds
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
    501 B (72 words) - 06:50, 2 June 2010
  • Gordon Graham Machin
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Henry Kinghorne McKay
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Walter Frederick (Wally) Matthews
    … their community as Dr Wally Matthews served this district in public life, and no less, to serve their country as he did.”'' …ange for 34 years, was an alderman on Orange Council from 1931 until 1950, and serving as mayor for 12 years. At the time, Matthews was the city’s long…
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  • Valentine Henry Millard
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • John Frederick Miller
    …A Miner''. John served as a Councillor on Orange City Council for 12 years and 18 months as Mayor (2002-2004).
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  • Patrick Mulholland
    …] elected as chairman. The title of chairman was changed to mayor in 1865, and Mulholland elected. …ed as a monitor three years earlier. Patrick and Catherine married in 1853 and migrated to Australia in 1856.
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  • Benjamin Nelson
    …e arrived in NSW on 16 November 1840. Benjamin was a storekeeper in Orange and signed the petition for Orange to become a municipality in 1859. He died i… …l.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19821405/194937, ''Orange and district pioneer register to 1860'' (1996). Orange Family History Group. O…
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  • John McCutcheon Paul
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  • Roderick Plowman
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  • Alan Ridley
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  • Charles James Smith
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Timothy John Sullivan
    Mr Sullivan was a member of Orange City Council from 1978 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. He served as Mayor of the City of Orange from 198… …se at [[Bloomfield Hospital]] for 41 years. He was also a former president and secretary of the Orange branch of the NSW Nurses’ Association.
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  • William Tanner
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  • Ronald Thomas
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  • George Treweeke
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  • John Swann Withington
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  • Ernest William Francis White
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  • Chronological List East Orange Mayors
    …became a town municipality. On 24 December 1912 the Amalgamation of Orange and East Orange Councils took place, the Proclamation having been signed by th…
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  • Wade Park
    …he Supreme Court, Attorney General, and Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister for Justice. …rocession through town which featured the Salvation Army Band, Boy Scouts, and the Cycle Club. A ‘Continental Carnival’ at the park was seen as a fit…
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  • Municipal Jubilee Celebrations
    …was a day of carnival, and the township seemed to be the home of happiness and goodwill. …ent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, and, lastly, the Cycle Club. The procession marched to [[Wade Park]], which wa…
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  • Glenroi Oval
    …y with 2 synthetic hockey fields allowing the game to be played year round and at night. …-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19736053/356502,2 Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Moulder Park
    …l by the NSW Open State Squad. Continuing development included resurfacing and the addition of floodlights. … July 2009 performed by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Local Government, Maxine McKew.
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  • Anzac Park
    … July 2009 performed by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Local Government, Maxine McKew. …-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/19736053/356502,2 Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • John Lomas Skatepark
    …designed for the use of BMX bikes, scooters, in-line skates, roller skates and skateboards. The skate park is named after the Late John Lomas a Councillo…
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  • Establishment of Orange Municipal Council
    In 1860 the small township of Orange comprising barely 90 houses and less than 500 people was incorporated as a municipality. It was 14 years s… …18 July 1859 when as the ''Bathurst Free Press'' reported ‘a respectable and numerous meeting almost unanimously agreed to apply for the immediate inco…
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  • First Council Meeting
    …e Colquhoun]], was appointed Council Clerk and Messer’s [[James Dalton]] and [[Patrick Kenna]] were appointed as auditors. …[Byng Street]] and making a road 12 yards wide by filling holes with stone and gravel.
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  • Orange Town Hall
    …e was laid on 21 July of that year by the Mayor at the time, Mr. J.M. Paul and the occasional address was given by Sir Henry Parkes. The first Council me… Discussion concerning a new civic centre for Orange commenced in the 1950s and on Tuesday 8 April Council’s Building Committee recommended that Council…
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  • Celebrating Our Community Awards
    * 2GZFM and STAR FM * Bill Marshall - services to local government and the community
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  • William John Carroll
    William John Carroll was the only surviving son of Elizabeth and [[Michael Carroll]], who established the ''Summer Hill'' estate near Luckn… … was reportedly a naturally reserved man, though strong in his convictions and generous, without making an open show of charity.
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  • 150 wiki launch
    … of interested people with media coverage by the ''Central Western Daily'' and PRIME TV. Cr Gryllis stressed how important it was for everyone to get on board and contribute their stories,
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  • Christmas Street Party
    …d at families living in the Orange region and designed to restore interest and patronage in Orange’s main retail sector. … from various businesses and organisations to provide publicity, equipment and nationally recognised personalities as a drawcard to the event.
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  • Curran Street
    The street which runs between [[Summer Street]] and [[Byng Street]] on the eastern side of [[Robertson Park]] was originally k…
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  • Thomas Street
    …eet]] and [[Casey Street]], and the old home on the corner of Ophir Street and [[Lords Place]] seems to have been the farmhouse.
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  • Mt Hagen
    … main arterial route to connect Mount Hagen with the coastal cities of Lae and Madang. The city is named after the old eroded volcano Mount Hagen, locate…
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  • Ushiku
    …se the huge population concentrated in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Ushiku and Orange have regular exchanges, predominantly involving students from both …
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  • Timaru
    … by two rivers, the Rangitata and the Pareora, both known for good fishing and swimming. There are 42,000 residents in the district.
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  • James McArdle
    …g hours serving his community especially as Chairman of the Orange Traffic and Community Services Committees. * Senior Citizens and Pensioners Centre Management Committee
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  • Orange Aerodrome
    … regular flight between Sydney and Orange. Pictured are Mr Frank Hang Sing and Mrs A McKenzie]] …amber of Commerce]] began pushing for the building of an A class aerodrome and a site was chosen near [[Spring Hill]]. This site had been selected by the…
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  • Bloomfield Aerodrome
    …range Show]]. In July 1920 CTP Ulm landed a Sopwith Dare on the showground and on 2 December 1920 Captain Wilson repeated the feat also in a Sopwith Dare… …ed in July 1920 and later a de Havilland using land between Barrett Street and Wentworth Lane as a landing strip. At that time an aeroplane cost about 7 …
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  • George Towson
    …i-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/BIBENQ/21508209/356502,1Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Gnoo Blas Race Circuit
    … of quiet country roads selected for the track was in the Orange city area and the remainder in neighbouring [[Canobolas Shire]]. …le others said the City needed better amenities first like a swimming pool and new footpaths.
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  • Gas
    … it erected on the east side of [[Peisley Street]] between [[Byng Street]] and [[Summer Street]]. Gas lighting was installed across the Municipality the … Before this the town had been lit by 17 kerosene lamps set on posts and operated by a gear which was wound up to run the light for a certain numbe…
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  • Back to Orange Week
    …r to this most events and celebrations centred on the opening of buildings and provision of new services. The second Back to Orange Week in 1923 proved e… * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Leone Healy
    …d the family’s clothes and Christmas presents on a singer sewing machine and junket was a favourite dessert. …eon Brian Healy. The young couple moved to Cootamundra then to Wagga Wagga and had four children within 3 years including twin girls. The realisation tha…
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  • Leone Healy Park
    [[Category:Parks and Gardens|Leone Healy Park]]
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  • Margaret Stevenson
    …l and Methodist Ladies College in Adelaide. Margaret moved with her sister and parents to Orange in 1957. …cy, Margaret Stevenson Real Estate, and later taught real estate at Parkes and Orange TAFE colleges.
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  • Margaret Stevenson Park
    [[Category:Parks and Gardens|Margaret Stevenson Park]]
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  • Cherry Blossom Festival
    …civic projects including the establishment of an [[Olympic Swimming Pool]] and the [[Gnoo Blas Race Circuit]]. It continued to grow in popularity attract… …. Mayor [[Ronald Thomas]] said the public was weary of the festival format and the time had arrived for a review. The festival was disbanded April 1972.
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  • Coronation of King George VI
    … a parade of military units and patriotic organisations and a monster gala and sporting carnival at Wade Park. * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Coronation Queen Elizabeth II
    … able to celebrate the coronation of the Queen in such brilliant sunshine, and I feel that today she will be officially starting her wonderful career und…
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  • Australia's Sesquicentenary
    …lay in [[Wade Park]] which featured 4,000 schoolchildren in various events and demonstrations. * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Orange Festival of Arts
    …market, and some orchardists left samples of their produce at local motels and other outlets for visitors to taste. * Miller, J., Holmes, D., and Honey, A. (2001) ''Orange a vision splendid''. Orange City Council, Orang…
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  • Banjo Paterson Festival
    …njo’s birth. The [[Banjo Paterson Writing Awards]], continue to this day and are administered by [[Orange City Library]].
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  • FOOD Week
    …r]], [[Frost Fest]] and [[Wine Week]] to celebrate the 4 seasons of Orange and form the backbone of community events in the city.
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  • Banjo Paterson Writing Awards
    …e Readers and Writers Festival. Introduced by the Banjo Paterson Committee and Orange City Council, the awards are now supported by [http://cwl.nsw.gov.a… …n the Children's Awards in memory of the late Yvonne Zola, a local teacher and champion of childrens' writing.
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  • Stibbards Lane
    …med [[Stibbards Lane]], raising the question of whether that is a mistake, and [[Stabbacks Lane]] was intended.
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  • Stabbacks Lane
    …med [[Stibbards Lane]], raising the question of whether that is a mistake, and [[Stabbacks Lane]] was intended.
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  • John Velvin
    …was found to be suitable. Elizabeth Anne Velvin was appointed postmistress and the post office opened for business on 1 December that year. Today this bu… …milton on 12 Jaunary 1918 aged 84 years. He is described as late of Orange and Drummoyne.
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  • William Pulbrook
    …e hotel trade. He is listed as the licencee of the [[Empire Hotel]] (1900) and the [[Belmore Hotel]], which he renamed the [[Carrington Club Hotel]] (190… He was a member of East Orange Council for 10 years and Mayor in 1894.
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  • 150 Celebration Dinner
    …entertained by former Town Clerk [[Bill Marshall]] who recounted the highs and lows of his time at the top. …ting Our Community Awards]] which recognised 56 individuals, organisations and businesses who have contributed to our city. Each Awardee was presented wi…
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  • Hotel Canobolas
    … Royalty, Prime Ministers, famous entertainers, VIPs, government officials and sporting people. In 2004 a major refurbishment of the interior of the hote…
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  • Station House Hotel
    …ailway station. [[John McGlynn]] was the licensee in 1878. He died in 1886 and his widow carried on until 1890 when she sold to [[Marion Power]]. This la…
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  • Town Hall
    … Byng Streets was selected. It was home to Smith Bros Furniture Warehouse and the site was purchased by Council for 11 pounds per foot. A cornerstone wa… …n April 1888. The original building had an iron paslisade fence with gates and sandstone posts – similar to the Court House fence, but this was later r…
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  • John Patrick Hamilton VC
    …c Cove, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, his battalion coming ashore in the 2nd and 3rd waves. … of Lone Pine the Turks launched an intense assault with unrelenting rifle and machine-gun fire. For six hours Hamilton lay in the open, protected only …
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  • Test service men and women
    [[:Category:People|Test service men and women]]
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  • Fred Agland
    …er revised to “Killed in Action”. Details of his death are not known, and he has no known grave. Fred was the nephew of Alderman [[William Edwin Ag… [[Category:Service Men and Women|Agland-Fred]]
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  • William Edwin Agland 1895-1982
    …am’s father was also named [[William Edwin Agland]], and was an Alderman and Mayor of East Orange in 1910. …g a Lewis gun, and almost had his feet amputated due to severe trench foot and subsequent gangrene.
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  • Percy Harold Williams
    …– was born in 1896, and in 1898 a sister – Gladys. Two boys – Edward and Stuart – followed. …le enjoyed musical evenings, as well as tennis parties and picnics. Percy and Amy were engaged in October 1917.
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  • William Spurway
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • B Penhall
    …of Orange and East Orange Municipalities in 1912. Penhall was a blacksmith and wheelwright of [[Lords Place]]. * ''Orange and District Illustrated'' (1989). Orange City Council, Orange NSW.
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  • J McKeon
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Tom Fardell
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • William Stuart McKay
    …ved as a motor driver with the 3rd Mechanical Transport Company in England and France, returning to Australia in June 1919. …er [[George Robert McKay]] often travelled to Orange to visit their uncle, and they did so in July 1919, following their return from the war.
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  • William Kelly
    Bill 'Stonewall' Kelly, builder and moneylender. …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • David Reginald 'Reg' Williams
    Reg and his brother [[Percy Harold Williams]] ran William Brothers Motorcycle Shop… …ain (later Sir) George Hubert Wilkins as navigator, Val Rendle as co-pilot and Garnsey Potts as mechanic.
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  • William Lavers
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • William H Gow
    …. Wherever possible we prefer references to the source of your information and photographs are always welcome.
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  • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
    …hool where in 1875 he shared the Junior Knox Prize with (Sir) George Rich, and matriculated aged 16. Whilst at Sydney Grammar he lived at Gladesville wit… …after which he and John William Street formed the legal partnership Street and Paterson.
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  • Charles Ewart Hawke
    …he continent in December that year. Charles served as a private in France and Belgium, returning to Australia in June 1919. …at ''[[Martinvale]]'', 24 Canobolas Road. Charles died in September 1954, and Valerie in January 1965.
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  • Hilton Norman Williamson
    …lton Williamson was born in Orange in 1893. He was working as a carpenter and living in [[Bowen Terrace]] when WWI was declared. 22 year old Hilton enl… Hilton's name appears on the [[Orange East Public School]] Honour Roll and the [[St John's Presbyterian Church Orange]] Honour Roll.
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  • John Bede 'Jack' Moylan
    Died of disease, pneumonia and nephritis. …/article/117878438], Moylan asked his wife Nellie “'I stand between love and duty, which must I obey?”, to which she replied "Duty! Do your duty, the…
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  • William Roy Lowdon
    …ragments of bomb entered his armpit and he exclaimed “I’m hit Tick”, and died a few minutes later. He was 26. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Lowdon-William-Roy]]
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  • James Robert ‘Tad’ Digges
    '''Occupation:''' Famer and grazier …nfluenza. He settled in Mendooran after the war, where he was a newsagent and prominent public figure. Digges was an avid golfer, winning a trophy for …
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  • Bertie Stibbard
    …in Orange in February 1916. He arrived in England in August the same year and proceeded to France as a private in the 34th Battalion. In February 1917 … …Stibbard is commemorated on the [[Holy Trinity Church Orange]] Honour Roll and on the World War I Roll of Honour on the southern face of the [[Orange Cen…
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  • William Grey
    …achine Gun Squadron in Moascar, Egypt. He embarked in Sydney in June 1918 and returned to Australia in August 1919. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Grey-William]]
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  • James William ‘Jim’ Caldwell
    '''Occupation:''' Famer and grazier …rothers John (‘Jack’) and William. Prior to embarking in September he and Ethel Amy Cantrill of Borenore announced their engagement.
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  • Eric Martin ‘Dick’ Solling
    …ng was an optician who lived in West Maitland. He enlisted in August 1914 and was a Lieutenant who went to Egypt as part of the first expeditionary forc… …t daughter of Mr and Mrs William West of ''Balmoral'', Canobolas, and Eric and his wife often travelled to Orange to visit his parents.
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  • Reginald Solling
    …Mrs William West of ''Balmoral'', Canobolas. Reginald enlisted in May 1915 and served as a Gunner, later Sergeant, with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade i… Reginald’s brother, [[Eric Martin ‘Dick’ Solling]], and sister [[Wilhelmina Jane ‘Minna’ Solling]], a nurse, also served durin…
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  • Wilhelmina Jane ‘Minna’ Solling
    Lived in Neutral Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. …as born in Orange in 1878. Her mother, Jane, was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs William West of ''Balmoral'', Canobolas. The family relocated to the H…
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  • Harold John Arthur 'Jack' West
    … James Farrell of Emmaville Orchard at Rosedale. The couple had three sons and four daughters. [[Category:Service Men and Women|West-Harold-John-Arthur-‘Jack’]]
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  • Jack Hilton West
    …ery]] when he enlisted in February 1916. He embarked in June the same year and served as a Private, later Corporal in the 34th Battalion, 3rd Reinforceme… …f the battalion frequently under the most trying conditions as a signaller and linesman.
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  • Claude Bertie West
    Hospitalised June 1916 with tonsillitis and ear problems. …ulance in France, West was transferred to 4th Infantry Battalion in Egypt, and later France.
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  • Roy Luke Cantrill
    …y enlisted in March 1916, aged 18. He embarked in Sydney in September 1916 and proceeded to France in December, a Private in the 19th Battalion. …e was 18. Sgt Davies of the 19th Battalion described him as “a quiet man and much liked among the boys.”
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  • William Daniel McNab
    …er 1916. He was initially a Private, then a Trooper, with the Camel Corps; and was later transferred to the 4th Light Horse Regiment, where he was promot… … casualties. Throughout all operations this H.C.O. has shown great courage and devotion to duty.''
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  • John ‘Jack’ McPherson Caldwell
    …un Company, he was promoted to Corporal in January 1917. Jack was captured and held as a German prisoner of war at Limburg from April 1917 until January … …o years. Jack was also President of the Orange branch of the Country Party and a member of several other organisations, including the [[Orange Show Socie…
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  • Bertie Ruben Cantrill
    …Moaer. He grew up on his parent’s property, ''Strathnoon'', at Borenore, and was educated at Nashdale Public School. Bertie enlisted in June 1918. He was living in Parkes at the time and working as a carrier, carting wool for the railhead at Forbes. He was disc…
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  • Fitzroy Brand
    Born in Rockhampton, Fitzroy Brand was living there and working as a clerk for the accountant Joseph Kenna when he enlisted for WW… …n France. He received several promotions during the course of his service, and was appointed Lieutenant in March 1917.
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  • Norman Lee Martin
    …e in 1899. He was working as a manager of the Dubbo branch of John Hunter and Sons’ boot business when he enlisted in October 1916. …h, and was hospitalised in England. He returned to Australia in March 1918 and settled in Orange.
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  • Charles Campbell
    …nded in action France 20 July 1916, suffering a gunshot wound to the scalp and thorax. …he soldiers suffered heat exhaustion, and in the evening, ambulance wagons and camels collected these soldiers from the desert where they had collapsed.
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  • William Henry ('Burly') Wright
    …inst New Zealand in 1903 and England in 1904. He was also a fine cricketer and an excellent rifle shot. …ed in [[Sampson Street]] in Orange and had three daughters, Gladys, Connie and Olga.
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  • Walter Arthur Horace Higman
    …er Arthur Horace Higman was born in Orange in 1896 to Edward Alfred Higman and his wife Ann Jane. He was the youngest of four, with three older sisters. …oprietor of the [[Empire Picture Company]] in [[Lords Place]]. Edward, Ann and their four children later moved from Orange to Wondai in southern Queensla…
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  • Naomi Higman
    … was born at [[March]] near Orange in October 1891 to Edward Alfred Higman and his wife Ann Jane. She was the second born of three girls; a son, Walter, … …Queensland, where Ann operated Nurse Higman’s Private Hospital and Naomi and her sister completed their nursing training.
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  • Mary Ellen Aloysius (Mollie) Arthur
    …She completed her nurse’s training at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, and was working at the Military Hospital there in 1915 when she volunteered fo… …l colleagues, who described her as intelligent, hardworking, conscientious and ‘beyond the average’. She returned to Australia in July 1919.
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  • Ena Marion Bond
    …[Springside]] in 1889 to Thomas and Rosina Bond. She enlisted in June 1917 and left Sydney for Egypt three months later, where she served in the 14th Gen… …to twins. The family later moved to Cootamundra where Sydney was Secretary and CEO of the District Hospital.
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  • Gladys Elizabeth Clare Boon
    …David and Elizabeth Boon. Her father, David, later joined the police force and the family relocated to Orange. …y, resigning her position as head nurse in December 1916 to move to Sydney and work at Randwick Hospital.
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  • Ursula Mary Carter
    …urses to offer her services to the AIF. Ursula enlisted on 1 October 1914, and embarked the following month, bound for Alexandria. … wet conditions resulted in her catching a severe case of laryngitis. Sick and rundown, she recovered in a London hospital.
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  • Esther Wynne (Wynne) King
    [[Category:Service Men and Women|King-Esther-Wynne-(Wynne)]]
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  • Lydia Kate (Kath) King
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  • Rose Ann Creal
    Attended an elocution course and toured hospitals in the UK from 12 August to 31 September 1919. …d nurse, and by the end of the decade she was matron and a founding member and councillor of the Trained Nurses' Association of New South Wales.
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  • Edith Lillian Dunstan
    …inated and accepted for No 2 Sea Transport Section but did not embark; she and other nurses were withdrawn from the Section by Defence prior to embarkati… … accepted for the No 2 Sea Transport Section she did not embark, since she and other nurses were withdrawn from the Section by Defence prior to embarkati…
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  • Agnes Ellen Dwyer
    …eases. The ''Leader'' reported that she ‘had a rough time in Salonika’ and she herself did not escape illness. After the war she was awarded the Gree… * Edwards, Elisabeth 2011, ''In sickness and in health: how medicine helped shape Orange's history'', Orange City Counc…
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  • Pearl Stella Goodman
    …uen in France. After just eight months’ service in France she became ill and was diagnosed with tuberculosis. After a couple of months’ hospitalisati… …bert Goodman said in acknowledgement that he was very pleased to have them and would prize them highly.
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  • Mary Keenan
    Mary Keenan was born in Orange in the 1885 to Thomas and Mary Keenan of ''Amaroo''. She trained at St Vincent’s Hospital from 190… …turning to Sydney in late 1919. She remained active in the nursing service and was Secretary of the St Vincent’s Hospital ex-trainees in 1940. She was …
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  • Nellie Leake
    … probably Lemnos. Left to right: Charlotte Donnelly, Kathleen Lillie Doyle and Nellie Leake. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial]] …eake enlisted in April 1915, aged 32. She served in Greece, Egypt, England and France. As a staff nurse at the No 3 Australian General Hospital on the is…
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  • Violet Claire Lee
    … at the Coast Hospital in Sydney. Unfortunately she badly injured her knee and was unable to take up the position in Sydney. …assia, Egypt. She served for just six months before she was invalided home and admitted to The Pines Private Hospital in Avoca Street, Randwick. Nurse Le…
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  • Florence Laura Lewis
    Detached from 2nd Australian General Hospital and proceeded to St Omer for duty Marseilles 17 June 1916. …d in the AIF and served in Gallipoli. Nurse Lewis resigned her appointment and married Michael in Dublin in September 1919.
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  • Rose Morton Macanene
    …e served in England, Egypt and France, where she nursed in Rouen, Wimereux and Abbéville. …Street, London, where she learnt the finer points of cookery, laundry work and housecraft. Nurse Macanene returned Australia in February 1920.
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  • Elizabeth Dora (Dora) Moulder
    Dora Moulder, the daughter of Edward and Johanna Moulder of Orange, was born in Condoblin in 1884. Her grandfather … …s but the greater part of the deaths she witnessed were from enteric fever and dysentery rather than war wounds.
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  • Jean Gillies Skidmore
    …ourne in January 1917 and proceed to India, where she served in the Colaba and Victoria War Hospitals in Bombay. She nursed injured soldiers on her retur… [[Category:Service Men and Women|Skidmore-Jean-Gillies]]
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  • Margaret Skidmore
    …sted in December 1916. She embarked from Sydney in June the following year and served in Salonika in Greece. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Skidmore-Margaret]]
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  • Constance Adelaide Stone
    Constance Adelaide Stone was born in Berrima in 1879 to Henry and Augusta Stone. Constance’s father was well-known in Orange as a postal … …ly on hospital ships travelling to and from Australia, and later in France and England. In May 1919 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross. She returned to …
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  • Reginald Arthur Smith
    '''Address:''' c/- Messrs Wright, Heaton and Co, Newcastle '''Next of kin:''' John Smith (father), c/- Messrs Wright, Heaton and Co, Newcastle
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  • Rupert Edwin Thomas Richardson
    …in 1894, the third child and first son of Henry and Jane Richardson. Henry and Jane had nine children, all of whom were born in Orange, where Henry worke… …ng in the deserts of Egypt. It was here that the 56th Battalion was formed and Rupert was appointed Temporary Corporal.
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  • Herbert Velvin-Smith
    Herbert Velvin-Smith was born in Orange in 1892 to [[John Smith]] and his wife [[Elizabeth Candy Smith]] (nee Velvin). A brother, Reginald, had … …nge Post Office]] in [[Summer Street East]], which opened in December 1901 and is still in operation.
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  • Cecil John Jacobs
    …am (b. 1892), Aileen (b.1896) and Allen (b. 1904). Cecil grew up in Orange and was working as a butcher in [[Summer Street]] at the time of his enlistmen… …signed to the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, an engineers and communications unit, and departed Port Melbourne for the battlefields of the Somme, via England, on…
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  • William Carr
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' He proceeded to Liverpool camp, where he passed his riding test and undertook musketry training. Carr was discharged in October 1918.
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  • Walter Coe
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' …g from Melbourne in October 1918. He was transferred to the 57th Battalion and then the Australian Army Medical Corps Details.
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  • Charles Alfred Gage
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' …). They were two of nine known Aboriginal servicemen from the Orange area, and they were both killed in action.
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  • Christopher Henry Gage
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' …ane). They were two nine known Aboriginal servicemen from the Orange area, and they were both killed in action.
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  • Joseph Harris
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' … April 1918, aged 26. He trained at the Recruit M. & D. Depot in Liverpool and joined the Light Horse Regiment in late May. Trooper Harris embarked from …
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  • Edward Homer
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' Edward Homer was born in Lucknow on 3 June 1892, the son of Thomas William and Margaret May Homer. He was one of nine known Aboriginal servicemen from th…
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  • William John Homer
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' Private Homer joined the 23rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements at Liverpool and embarked for active service in November 1916. Homer returned to Australia …
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  • Thomas Rine
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' Served in the Camel Corps 13th Reinforcements in Abbassia and Moascar.
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  • Nigel Burton Apsley Lowe
    Nigel was posted to the 20th Battalion and embarked from Sydney in December 1915. In February the following year he w… [[Category:Service Men and Women|Lowe-Nigel-Burton-Apsley]]
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  • Elma Constance Apsley Lowe
    Served a masseuse on sea transportation between Suez and Melbourne. …ey Lowe was born near Wellington in October 1891. She was living in Orange and working as a masseuse when she joined the Australian Army Nursing Service …
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  • Elizabeth McRae
    …al nursing. She went on to nurse at hospitals in South Sydney, Kurri Kurri and Campbelltown. … France, Egypt and England. In May 1916 she was hospitalised with measles, and again in 1917, suffering from appendicitis.
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  • Emily Gertrude O'Neill
    …Gertrude O’Neill was born in Binalong in 1875 to Thomas Joseph O’Neill and his wife Martha Elizabeth. She completed her nurse’s training at St Vinc… …Thomas Garrett “Gatty” Dalton]], who was Mayor of Orange in 1903, 1904 and 1905.
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  • Florence Ethel Spalding
    …inent figure in the Australian defence forces, who had fought in the Sudan and became a WWI recruiting officer on the NSW North Coast. Her grandfather wa… …k aboard the ''Kyarra''. She served on hospital ships in Gallipoli, Lemnos and Egypt, as well as in England. In January 1916 she was awarded the Royal Re…
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  • William Henry McCarthy
    …ed to 1st Western General Hospital, Lancashire, suffering from trench foot and trench fever 3 November 1916. …er 1915, declaring his age to be 18. He embarked from Sydney in April 1916 and proceeded to France, where he served as private in 54th Battalion.
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  • Martin James French
    …e Federal (later Empire) Hotel, which belonged to his father. Between 1903 and 1908 Martin lived in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, where he worked for … …7. He embarked from Melbourne on 10 May 1917, onboard ''Clan McGillivray'' and received 72 hours detention for “breaking ship” while the ship was in …
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  • John Arthur 'Jack' Earls
    …hn Arthur Earls was born in Warrnambool in 1893, the son of John Alexander and Edith Burchell Earls. …te a letter his colleagues in Orange describing their experiences in camp, and adding “Jack Earls is still a clerk, but does not like it owing to the h…
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  • Edmund Thomas Cornish
    …Thomas Cornish was born in London, the first of three boys born to Phillip and Frances Cornish. The family emigrated to Australia when Edmund was 16. …one of the first men to enlist in Orange. He was living at 90 March Street and working as a labourer at Dalton Brothers’ mill at the time. He embarked …
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  • Ernest Lachlan Powter
    …ter and Catherine Laurie Powter. In September 1915 Ernest was 15 years old and working as a junior clerk, when, claiming to be 18, he enlisted. Ernest is… …comrade he was shot behind the left knee, requiring amputation of his leg, and he died following the operation. Another report claimed: “''The wound di…
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  • Claude Jabez Powter
    …z Powter was born in Orange in 1896, the first son of Jabez Langley Powter and Catherine Laurie Powter. …with the 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group. He was living in Petersham and working as a shop assistant at the time. He married Stella Irene Byrnes be…
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  • George William Lawson Cooper
    …orge William Lawson Cooper was born in Orange in September 1892 to William and Agnes Cooper. George was the fourth child of six born to the couple. When … …terranean Expeditionary Force in preparation for the landing at Gallipoli, and in May was promoted to Corporal. George was reported missing in action fol…
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  • Norman Ernest Davis
    … August 1915, then the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station at Mudros, and finally No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Lemnos with a fractured skul… Died of wounds, from compound fracture of the skull and septic meningitis, Lemnos, Greece
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  • George Joseph Thew
    '''Buried:''' Between Lone Pine and Brown’s Dip, Gallipoli, Turkey …born in Burwood in 1893. He was the first child born to George Joseph Thew and his wife, Jane Elizabeth (nee Growder).
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  • William James Garvey
    …ary 1902 he enlisted in the Boer War. He was living in Molong at the time, and nominated his sister Elizabeth, also of Molong, as his next of kin. …ook and embarked from Sydney in October 1914. William served in Gallipoli, and in October 1915 was promoted to Sergeant.
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  • Arthur Townsend Sherwin
    …|200px|thumb|left|Arthur Townsend Sherwin. Image courtesy ''Molong Express and Western District Advertiser''.]] …wnsend Sherwin was born in Cargo in 1889, the eldest son of Arthur Sherwin and his wife Catherine.
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  • Frank Herbert Sherwin
    …pg|200px|thumb|left|Frank Herbert Sherwin. Image courtesy ''Molong Express and Western District Advertiser''.]] …in was born in Cargo in 1892, one of seven children born to Arthur Sherwin and his wife Catherine.
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  • Norman Douglas Sherwin
    …g|200px|thumb|left|Norman Douglas Sherwin. Image courtesy ''Molong Express and Western District Advertiser''.]] …in was born in Cargo in 1894, one of seven children born to Arthur Sherwin and his wife Catherine. Norman’s father, Arthur, became the Boree Shire Coun…
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  • William Charles Fubbs
    …andfather - Joseph Fubbs - ran a confectionary shop on the corner of Anson and Byng Streets during the 1880s. …hospitalised twice during his service; in October 1918 with acute colitis, and again the following month suffering from myocarditis.
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  • Walter Thomas Cornish
    …ther [[Edmund Thomas Cornish]] were educated at Orange East Public School; and both brothers went on to enlist in the First World War. A younger brother … … be hospitalised on two further occasions; in February 1916 with pleurisy, and in December the same year with influenza.
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  • Thomas Charles Cornish
    …sh was born in England in 1898, the youngest of three boys born to Phillip and Frances Cornish. A sister – Phyllis - was born two years later. When Tho… … brothers Edmund and Walter enlisted in the First World War in August 1914 and June 1915 respectively, however there appears to be no record of Thomas’…
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  • William Henry O’Bree
    '''Buried:''' Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey …ar. Elizabeth died in 1890 and, in 1899, William married Emily Eliza Brown and a step-brother – Eric – was born in 1901.
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  • Herbert Henry Argall
    …ent and courteous, the ''Leader'' claimed “nothing was a trouble to him, and it was a pleasure to have Bert Argall attending to your inquiries.” … in July 1915. His railway colleagues presented him with a wristlet watch, and his old Sunday School associates a jewel case prior to his leaving for the…
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  • Preston Edwin Argall
    …own to see Dr [[Neville Howse]], who declared his wounds to be superficial and removed the pellets. … months after his older brother Herbert. He embarked from Sydney in August and joined the 17th Battalion in France in December. He served for just three …
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  • Charles Herbert Cane
    …dows in Victoria. He died on 23 May 1915; his service records cite measles and bronchopneumonia as his cause of death. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Cane-Charles-Herbert]]
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  • Henry George
    '''Buried:''' 11 May 1915, at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria … hospitalised on board the ''Gloucester Castle''. On 11 May he passed away and was buried at sea by Chaplain J. H. Wilford.
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  • William Feening
    … sent a letter home describing his ordeal at Gallipoli - “I got blown up and buried” – as well as a visit to Buckingham Palace. …ious wounds to his head and hands. He was taken to the 9th Field Ambulance and later transferred to the 15th Casualty Clearing Station at Ebblinghem wher…
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  • Thomas Murphy
    … By 1892 they had moved to Orange where Harry, Mary, Daniel, Samuel, Vera, and William Murphy were born. … New Zealand ships of these two convoys carried a total of 40,000 soldiers and nearly 17,000 horses. They were the two largest convoys to depart from Aus…
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  • Joseph McCullough
    … in Belfast in about 1889, the third son of William McCullough, a builder, and his wife Isabella. …treet]] in Orange, and working as a labourer. He enlisted in November 1914 and embarked from Sydney in February the following year. Joseph served as a pr…
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  • Francis Cornwall Moad
    …all Moad was born in 1894, the youngest of 15 children born to Arthur Moad and his wife Mary Ann nee Ward who farmed ''Little Springs'' at Spring Hill. A… … private in the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Private Moad served in Gallipoli and France. Whilst in Gallipoli he was struck with enteric fever, which saw hi…
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  • Raymond Westley Moad
    …Moad was born in 1891, the 2nd youngest of 15 children born to Arthur Moad and his wife Mary Ann nee Ward who farmed ''Little Springs'' at Spring Hill. A… …y served in the 4th Field Ambulance, and worked as a wardsman at Liverpool and Randwick Hospital for several months prior to embarkation.
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  • John Daniel ('Jack') McLachlan
    … was the the highly popular proprietor of the Cumnock Hotel between 1888 and 1904. …hospitalised twice. In July he sustained a gunshot wound to his left hand, and in November an infected heel. On 1 August 1915 he was appointed Lance Corp…
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  • William Holland
    … Light Horse Reserve. William and his mother were residing at his aunt’s and uncle’s house in [[Byng Street]]; William’s uncle - Henry Armytage - w… … long as we lie low…Some of the boys have been here 17 weeks and longer, and are none the worse for the experience.” William would be mortally wounde…
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  • James Caleb Spicer
    …r and his wife Margaret (nee MacElligott). James was 27 years old, single, and working as a miner when he enlisted in WWI in January 1916. …erseas service. The Lewis Ponds community held a celebration in his honour and presented him with a watch as a keepsake.
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  • Samuel Archibald Spicer
    …rchibald Spicer was born in Orange in 1890, the second son of James Spicer and his wife Margaret (nee MacElligott). …uel and William when they left for camp, presenting them with a gold watch and silver match box each. A family friend gave thanks on the boys’ behalf s…
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  • William John Spicer
    …n in Lewis Ponds in 1893, the third son (and fourth child) of James Spicer and his wife Margaret (nee MacElligott). William and his older brother, Samuel, enlisted together in Liverpool in July 1915. An…
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  • Thomas Samuel Spicer
    …known and highly respected residents of Upper Lewis Ponds where they lived and farmed sheep for many years. Thomas enlisted in February 1916 and attended training camp for several months. He was discharged in July 1916.
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  • John Michael Paul ('Jack') Woodbridge
    Posted as wounded and missing in action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. …ily had relocated to Orange. John – or ‘Jack’ as he became known – and his older brother, Patrick, were working as shearers in northern Queenslan…
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  • William James Cecil Lyons
    …eneral Hospital, England, suffering a gunshot wound to the shoulder, cheek and nose, 24 April 1917. …d on the family property at Euchareena. He enlisted in WWI in January 1915 and embarked for overseas duty in April that year.
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  • William Isaac (‘Bill’) Woodbridge
    …rking as a boundary rider in northern Queensland. His older brothers, John and Patrick, were working as shearers in the same area. …he three brothers enlisted in Queensland within a few months of each other and embarked together from Brisbane in April 1915, all privates in the 15th Ba…
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  • James Lewis Martin
    …Buried:''' Vaux Cemetery, France, 23 July 1918. His body was later exhumed and reburied at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, France, Plot V… …Stephens). Thomas, a native of Galway, had come to the colony in the 1860s and settled in the Forest Reefs area. The family later moved to [[Sale Street]…
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  • Thomas Joseph Dalton 1893-1979
    …1904 and 1905. His grandfather, also called Thomas, built [[Duntryleague]] and founded [[Dalton Brothers Stores]]. …''Killiney'' in [[Kite Street]], a house built in 1875 by his grandfather, and now known as ''Mena''. He was educated at St Ignatius’ College at Riverv…
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  • Herbert Rockliff
    … he fell. His remains were exhumed in 1935 and reburied in London Cemetery and Extension, High Wood, Longueval, France, Grave 26, Row D, Plot 11 …nd]]. No social event was complete without the enormously popular Herbert and his euphonium. He was later appointed deputy Town Clerk in Orange.
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  • Bernard Augustine ('Bun') Kelaher
    … Mount Convent to assist the widower with the two young children. Margaret and James were married the following year. …s and 1880s. In 1886 he owned Kelaher and Eviston Clothiers in William St, and by 1909 was the proprietor of the Edinboro Castle Hotel, also in William S…
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  • Walter Newton
    …family later moved to Orange; they resided at 79 [[Dalton Street]]. Walter and his siblings attended [[Orange Public School]]. … spent less than two weeks on the Gallipoli peninsula before being wounded and evacuated to Malta. He was transferred to the 5th London General Hospital …
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  • John Colvin Evans
    …4th Australian Field Ambulance suffering a gunshot wounds to the left side and leg 2 August 1916. …in 1893. He was the third child and first son of John Westropp Green Evans and his wife Elizabeth Anne Colvin. The family relocated to Albion Park where …
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  • Claude John Ash
    …er was licensee of the Commercial Hotel. Claude attended school in Lucknow and, like his brothers, was a keen footballer. … in the 15th Company of the Army Service Corps. He served in Egypt, France and England. Early in his service - in December 1915 – Driver Ash was promot…
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  • George Leslie (Dick) Ash
    …er was licensee of the Commercial Hotel. George attended school in Lucknow and developed a keen interest in football. Following his education he worked a… …Army Service Corps. Dick served for just over four years, in Egypt, France and England. He returned to Australia in July 1919.
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  • Harold George Sykes
    [[File:Harold_and_Annie_Sykes.jpg |200px|thumb|left|Harold and Annie Sykes on their wedding day. Image courtesy David Sykes.]] …General Hospital Cairo 11 August 1915 suffering shrapnel wounds to the ear and back.
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  • Oliver James Sykes
    Brothers Oliver and [[Harold George Sykes]] hoped to enlist together for service when World Wa… …r and back. He returned to Australia on the Port Sydney on 2 December 1918 and was discharged from service on 3 February 1919.
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  • Walter Joseph Stokes
    Disembarked at Alexandria and proceeded to camp at Heliopolis 23 July 1915. …Stokes and Alice Stokes (nee Whiley). Joseph grew up in [[Moulder Street]] and attended [[Orange Public School]]. ‘Watty’, as he was known, worked fo…
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  • William Clement
    Reported wounded and missing in action 7 June 1917 …e couple also had a daughter, Marguerite. William went to school in Mudgee and as a young man worked for the ''Mudgee Guardian'' newspaper. William later…
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  • Norman Osborn Herbert Gall
    …ert Gall was born in Wagga Wagga in 1894, the eldest son of Albert Richard and Ada Caroline Gall. Norman’s paternal grandfather was Captain Isaac Hindl… …In 1910 he sat, and passed, the Junior University Examination. Both Norman and his father Richard were keen golfers; Norman represented Orange in many go…
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  • Charles Stuart Taylor
    Served as a Private with the 1st Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in New Guinea from August 1914 until 4 March … Transferred to Australian and New Zealand Convalescent Home, Helouan, 2 September 1915.
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  • Ralph Coote
    '''Occupation:''' Blacksmith and floorman …rn, and two girls, Ruth and Beulah. In 1905 the family relocated to Orange and Fred opened a blacksmithing business in [[Summer Street]] where the Orange…
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  • Vernon James Williams MM
    …n Orange lad when he moved to Amaroo in 1904 at age 15. His parents, James and Elizabeth Williams moved from Collector to allow James to take up his posi… …y which, for two generations, had been involved enthusiastically in church and community affairs. Education had been important to the family over several…
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  • James Stuart McLean
    …orn in Walgett in 1893, one of five children born to James Fletcher McLean and Ellen Campbell McLean nee Stuart. In 1894 the family moved to the Parkes d… …mfield]]. In October 1914 James junior volunteered his services to the AIF and, in December, embarked for overseas service.
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  • Patrick Benjamin (‘Paddy’) Woodbridge
    …had relocated to Orange. Patrick – or ‘Paddy’ as he became known – and his younger brother, John, were working as shearers in northern Queensland… …he three brothers enlisted in Queensland within a few months of each other and embarked together from Brisbane in April 1915, all privates in the 15th Ba…
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  • Bernard Patrick Dawson
    …y the time Bernard enlisted in April 1915 both his parents had passed away and he was working as a postman in Drummoyne. …rief; lasting just under four months. He embarked from Sydney in June 1915 and joined the 2nd Battalion at Gallipoli on 6 August. The following day he wa…
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  • George Edgar Lockie
    … 1880s. His parents were George and Helen Lockie; he had a sister, Nellie, and a brother, Walter. …cated at Knowepark School at Selkirk. George came to Australia aged 24. He and his brother Walter settled in Orange, where they had relatives. When Walte…
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  • Herbert Maurice Robertshaw
    …second year of a Bachelor of Arts degree and was awarded honours in Mental and Moral Philosophy. … to the 6th Infantry Battalion. He embarked from Melbourne in October 1914 and joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Alexandria in early April …
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  • Mathew Aloysius Stackpool
    …e in 1880, the third eldest of five sons and two daughters born to Michael and Margaret Stackpool. The ''Leader'' reported that he was born in a cottage … Mathew attended [[Orange Public School]] and the [[Patrician Brothers’ Orange]] school. Following his education he op…
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  • William Robert Clive Beasley
    …easley and his wife Letitia Catherine (nee Kersley). He was the second son and one of seven children born to the couple. William’s uncle was [[William … …ey joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Alexandria 5 April 1915 and was part of the first contingent of troops to land at Gallipoli on 25 Apri…
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  • Harold William Corkett
    …rn in Orange in 1887, Harold William Corkett was the youngest son of Jonah and Mary Jane Corkett (nee Jackson). There were eight other children in the fa… …as awarded medals on more than one occasion. He also held first aid medals and was an active member of the [[Ancient Order of Foresters]].
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  • William John Goode
    …889, William John Goode was the second of two sons born to Dr George Goode and his wife Harriette. …t [[Orange District Hospital]]. He later became Government Medical Officer and public vaccinator for the Orange district.
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  • Elizabeth Road
    …its name because there is a [[Phillip Road]] running off [[Bathurst Road]] and there was sometimes confusion over the two. …near [[Moad Street]]. Further research needs to be undertaken on Elizabeth and Phillip Streets.
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  • Waratah Street
    … the Presbyterian Ladies College. The Housing Commission controls the area and has erected several houses there.'
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  • Wattle Street
    … the Presbyterian Ladies College. The Housing Commission controls the area and has erected several houses there.'
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  • Cecil Reginald John Lidster
    …er. Cecil was the first child of her eldest brother, Joseph Henry Lidster, and his wife, Sarah Press of Orange. Sarah had another son, Joseph Daniel, in May 1895 but tragically both she and the baby died within weeks of the birth. Joseph Lidster was working at New…
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  • William George Hines
    …e Hines was born in Albury in 1886. He was one of 11 children born to John and Eva Hines. The family lived in Victoria, where John worked in the mining i… …ving in East Melbourne where William was working for the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company at as a gripman (or driver) when he enlisted in May 1915.
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  • Lionel Brizzolara
    … 1st Australian Field Ambulance suffering gunshot wounds to the right hand and thigh 23 July 1916. …r [[Orange Public School]]. As a youth he served in cadets and the militia and was a keen footballer.
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  • Amoco Hall
    …l promised to solicit the support of the Mayor, Alderman [[Clive Hamer]], and if [[Orange City Council]] agreed to a a public hall instead of a bowling … …range Sports and Social Club raised money, tradesmen promised their labour and good second- hand material was purchased.
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  • Charles Henry Wilfred Holland
    Admitted to Montasah Convalescent Hospital suffering from diphtheria and bronchial pneumonia 9 February 1916. …ilfred Holland was born in Orange in 1893, the first child of John William and Lily Hannah Holland. A sister, Gertrude, followed in 1895.
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  • Albert Edward Varcoe
    …Hillston in 1889, the third of nine children born to Robert Stewart Varcoe and his wife Madeline Isabella Rebecca Varcoe (nee Anderson). …tural machinery company. Albert secured work as a clerk with Massey-Harris and the Sunshine Harvesting Company. The family were active members of the [[H…
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  • Francis John Hubbard
    …d Canadian General Hospital, Basingstoke, suffering a severe gunshot wound and fracture to the right ankle 21 July 1916. …trict. Francis had an older sister, Rita, and two younger siblings, George and Ada. In about 1912 the family relocated to Orange, to a property in [[Hill…
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  • Stanley Thomas Deans
    … Stanley Thomas Deans was the fifth of seven children born to Edward Deans and Ellen Farthing. …iverpool in November 1914 he nominated his mother Ellen as his next of kin and gave her address as Orange. Newspapers of the day state that Stan was empl…
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  • Luke Hughes
    … in October bound for Egypt where he was transferred to the 45th Battalion and sent to France. He was fatally shot by a sniper at Messines on 7 June 1917… …enrith, George his brother serving in Egypt, the Stammers were his cousins and Ted, one of his younger siblings.
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  • Edgar Roy Stanford
    …e was a member of the [[Orange Rifle Club]], the [[Excelsior Tennis Club]] and the [[Wade Park Tennis Club]]. He was also a brother of the [[Manchester U… …erated a successful business in [[Peisley Street]] as a grocer, ironmonger and produce merchant. Roy was employed as a clerk in his father’s business w…
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  • Arthur Louis Edwards
    Arthur Louis Edwards was born in Balmain in 1886 to John Louis Edwards and his wife, Rachel. He attended Armidale Public School where he served in th… …ion AIF. He embarked at Sydney on the HMAT A23 ''Suffolk'' in October 1914 and disembarked at Alexandria in December.
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  • Edmond Arthur Ashdown
    …king Company of Sydney. He was later transferred to Newtown, then Inverell and later Bega. In April 1899 he was appointed manager of the Orange branch, a… …blic School, where he served in the School Cadets. He was living in Mosman and working as a clerk when he enlisted in February 1915. Assigned to the 13th…
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  • Claude Lord
    Hospitalised suffering from scabies and dermatitis 20 March 1917. Claude Lord was born in 1887 at Blayney, the son of Edward and Alice Lord.
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  • Bernard Ambrose Coyte
    Hospitalised suffering from influenza and pneumonia 21 March 1917. …orn to William Henry Coyte and his wife Mary Louisa (nee Schmich). Bernard and his siblings were educated at Borenore Convent.
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  • Leslie Reginald Anlezark
    …ry 1889, the youngest of eleven children born to Thomas Ainsworth Anlezark and his wife Mary Jane (nee Handley). …s father Thomas was employed as a wheelwright by Cobb and Co. in Bourke, and it was in Bourke that Leslie’s mother, Mary Jane, died in 1894.
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  • Charles William Gordon Conroy
    …Friday 12 November, where they were greeted by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and a crowd of 100,000 people. …cement for the 13th Battalion. He embarked from Sydney on 16 February 1916 and arrived in Egypt on 22 March. The following month he was transferred to th…
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  • Francis William Courtenay Bootle
    Died of disease – nephritis and bronchitis, 14 February 1917. …rancis attended [[Orange Public School]] followed by Sydney Grammar School and Hawkesbury Agricultural College.
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  • Albert Edward Carroll
    Left Alexandria for Marseilles and the Western Front 18 March 1916. …econd son of William and Elizabeth Jane Carroll. He was educated in Molong and Cobar.
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  • Thomas Andrew Denny
    …he Molong district between 1902 and 1913, including: Nancy, Pearl, Gladys, and Norman. …ved to Manildra around 1912, and set up there as a wheelwright, blacksmith and horseshoer. Their son Norman died in Manildra on 28 January 1914.
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  • William George Chrystall
    …iam George Chrystall was born in Edinburgh in Scotland, the son of William and Laura Susan Chrystall. The family emigrated to Australia when William was … … 5 June 1916 William boarded the transport ship ''Arcadian'' in Alexandria and arrived in Marseilles on 12 June. On 3 September 1916 while serving with t…
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  • Harry Joseph Press
    Embarked Alexandria for Marseilles and the Western Front, 23 March 1916. …thers]], where “he was liked by all concerned, [and was] ever thoughtful and obliging.” [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/117834507] He was al…
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  • Rupert John Collins
    …as born at Springside near Orange in 1890. His parents were Daniel Francis and Catherine Ellen Collins. …n NSW, working as a shearer’s cook. He worked at Amaroo, Burrowa Station and at the government wheat area of Woodlands, near Tullamore.
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  • James Elliot Bell
    …10 months old. They lived initially in Sydney, where James attended Sydney and Willoughby Public Schools. The family later moved to Orange, where James… …leted a building trade apprenticeship. He later opened Bell Brothers house and land agents in [[Summer Street]] with his brother John.
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  • James Dalton 1890-1918
    … 1904 and 1905. His grandfather, also called James, built [[Duntryleague]] and founded Dalton Brothers Stores. …Killiney]]'' in [[Kite Street]], a house built in 1875 by his grandfather, and now known as ''[[Mena]]''. He was educated at St Ignatius’ College at Ri…
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  • John Wright
    The Sliding Doors of John and Nathaniel Wright …escription is filled with stories of sliding doors. A soldier who was sick and missed being called up for a suicidal battle; a nurse who happened to be o…
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  • George Patrick Rauchle
    Discharged from Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force 31 December 1915. … of service to Australia which spanned three wars, the Sudan, the Boer War and finally WWI.
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  • Frederick Norman Rauchle
    Discharged from St Barnabas Malta and Arans to lines of communication per ''Sirula'' 13 February 1916. …pay for being absent from parade, riotous and disorderly conduct in street and billets 2 March 1917.
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  • Gilbert Hill
    …Lena) Hill. Eric, their youngest, died of dysentery at nine months of age, and Herbert, their eldest, had died of appendicitis in 1913, aged just 17. … at [[Orange Public School]], where he served three years in Senior Cadets and two years in the Militia. In August 1914 he was appointed as a porter at […
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  • Robert Stanley Trethewey
    Reprimanded for using obscene language to Military Police and not having identity discs 17 April 1918. …Horse Regiment. He was 5 foot 8 inches tall with dark complexion dark hair and brown eyes.
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  • Oswald Cecil Jeffrey Baylis
    …(who later married Arthur Sara). He attended [[Orange East Public School]] and according to newspapers of the day was an employee of the NSW Railways. … on 22 August 1914. He embarked on HMAT ''Suffolk'' A23 on 18 October 1914 and landed in Egypt on 8 December.
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  • Norman Thomas Trethewey
    …d Bessie (Thomas) Trethewey. Robert and Bessie had emigrated from Cornwall and arrived in Port Jackson on 4 April 1884 aboard the ship Cambodia. They imm… …– 440. Stan became a member of the newly formed 1st Light Horse Regiment and embarked for Egypt aboard the ''Star of Victoria'' on 20 October 1914. He …
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  • George Edward White
    …ild of George Henry White, bookbinder originally from Southampton, England and Margaret Elizabeth Stanmore. He grew up in and around the gold mining villages of Euchareena and Farnham in New South Wales where his father had been mining for gold along…
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  • William James Dunbar
    …915. He had also spent six years as a part-time member of the 1st Regiment and 3rd Regiment. …quadron reached the Turkish trenches but in the ensuing battle every horse and 11 men were killed. The survivors were isolated in no man’s land. Volume…
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  • James J Paton
    …n Orange on 29 June 1885, the third of six children to George Daniel Paton and his wife Emma Jane nee Bargwanna. Aged 31, perhaps James believed he would… …o months in hospital; he was discharged to furlough at the end of the July and marched into No 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs in Salisbury in August 191…
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  • Thomas James Dudley
    …o practised as a midwife in the Lucknow and Shadforth areas for many years and was still delivering babies in her 80s. …ily members were active in the Methodist Church, and participated in music and sport.
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  • Cecil Parker Ashdown
    …chool and Sydney Grammar School. He played football with Mosman Rugby Club and attended St Clement's Church in Mosman. He also served four years in the N… …his education he undertook an apprenticeship with Chapman and Co Engineers and Shipbuilders in Balmain. He enlisted in November 1915 during the second ye…
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  • Clive Ashdown
    Admitted to Reading War Hospital with contusions to back and throat 11 January 1918. …ghth of nine children, Clive followed the example of three of his brothers and enlisted in WWI in December 1915. He embarked from Sydney just two weeks l…
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  • Maud Ashdown
    Resigned appointment and discharged, England, 7 March 1917. …king Company of Sydney. He was later transferred to Newtown, then Inverell and later Bega. In April 1899 he was appointed manager of the Orange branch, a…
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  • Arthur Thomas White
    …_White_from_Cathy_Laughton.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Arthur Thomas White (left) and Thomas Miles in Egypt. Image courtesy Cathy Laughton.]] …on Arthur trained as a schoolteacher. He settled in the Riverina district, and married Christina May Fong in Temora in 1908. When he enlisted in March 19…
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  • Ernest Ewen (Pat) Ashdown
    … Company of Sydney. Edward was later transferred to Newtown, then Inverell and later Bega. In April 1899 he was appointed manager of the Orange branch, a… …i, sustaining a gunshot wound to the right knee. He was evacuated to Malta and later transferred to the 3rd London General Hospital in England.
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  • Leonard William Glandfield Last
    …to Acting Sergeant. He also served with the 2nd Division Ammunition Column and the 22nd Field Artillery Brigade. Leonard was killed in action in France o… …ffice receipts, a button, money order receipts, paper cuttings, two badges and a religious book.
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  • Basil Nicholls
    Wounded by shellfire, sustaining injuries to the chest and abdomen, Rouge de Bois, 20 April 1916. …0 wounded, including Private Nicholls, who sustained injuries to his chest and abdomen.
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  • Herbert Edward Kidd
    …ary in the ''Leader'' claimed: “He commenced his roving at an early age [and] seldom remained in any one centre for more than a few months”.* …6 and entered Dubbo training camp. In June he was transferred to Liverpool and in July was assigned as a gunner to the 1st Heavy Trench Mortar Battery.
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  • Albert Leslie Singleton
    …hildren of Thomas and Margaret Singleton. The family owned and ran a store and butchery at Lower Lewis Ponds from 1872 until 1920. Because it was a subst… …nd Petersham during the years Albert was at school. His Brady cousins, Reg and Vic, would have gone to the same schools.
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  • William Arthur Neal
    …ly lived on [[Cargo Road]] and William attended [[Nashdale Public School]] and later [[Orange Public School]]. He also served for three years in the 9th … …n Sydney for overseas service. They disembarked in Plymouth on 21 November and proceeded to Folkestone camp.
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  • Rupert Lancelot Nolan
    Wounded in action, sustaining gunshot wounds to the chest and thigh, 4 May 1917. …in Carcoar in 1894, the ninth of eleven children born to John Joseph Nolan and Elizabeth Sophia (nee Hines).
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  • Alexander Tinnock Whiteley
    …in 1882, Alexander Tinnock Whiteley was the second child of Henry Whiteley and his wife Mary Ann (nee Dobson). In 1910 Alexander married Eva Ivy Thomas and settled in Narromine, where his family lived.
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  • Charles Henry Whiteley
    Reported wounded in action, later upgraded to wounded and missing in action 3 May 1917. Wounded in action, sustaining several gunshot wounds to the hand and leg 9 October 1917.
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    Reported wounded and missing in action 3 May 1917. …rd James Whiteley was born at Orange in April 1895, the fifth son of Henry and Mary Ann Whiteley (nee Jobson).
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  • Samuel Thomas Cunneen
    …000 acres at Ballimore near Dubbo. Samuel and his older brothers left home and were working as farm labourers in the Dubbo district. In April 1917 Samuel arrived in England aboard the ''Wiltshire'' and did his training near Rollestone. Sent across to France on 14 October 1917…
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  • Eric Green
    … chances of being accepted into the AIF. Eric, a labourer, saved his money and endured several operations before presenting at Liverpool on 20 June 1915.… …his occasion; he joined the 19th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement as a private and embarked from Sydney on 9 August. He joined the Mediterranean Expeditionar…
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  • James Griffin
    …rn in Orange in 1875 James was the second eldest son of James John Griffin and Ellen Agnes Carroll. For many years he was employed at [[Dalton Brothers f… …ss than two years later, on 1 February 1904, of asthenia, chronic phthisis and consumption.
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  • George Gladstone McDonald
    …l on 29 November 1889 and was one of three of the eight children of George and Clara McDonald who enlisted to serve in World War I - his enlistment date … … very active man and a strict Dad whose two favourite hobbies were reading and going on long walks - he would read for hours, fiction, history, anything …
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  • Norman Percy Stuart Trathen
    '''Occupation:''' Storeman and packer …he reapplied and was accepted into the Citizen’s Forces for Home Service and assigned as Permanent Camp Guard at Holsworthy Internment Camp.
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  • George Alfred Blunt
    Promoted to Corporal and appointed Lance Sergeant, 2 May 1916. …Church]], a member of the [[Oddfellows]] and the [[Society of Foresters]], and a shareholder in the [[New Reform Gold Mining Company]].
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  • Charles William Murray
    …rn in Orange in 1891; the second of five children of William Joseph Murray and his wife Emily (nee Freer). He attended [[Orange Superior Public School]],… … July 1915. He embarked HMAT A72 ''Beltana'' in Sydney on 9 November 1915, and arrived in Suez on 11 December 1915. In February the following year he was…
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  • Florence Emily Isabel McDonald
    …nald was born in Crookwell in 1878 and was one of eight children of George and Clara McDonald. …ursing. Her prize was the book: ''The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott'' and was inscribed: ''First Prize for Surgical Nursing Awarded to Nurse Florenc…
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  • William James ('Bill') Johnson
    Wounded in action, sustaining shell wounds to the skull and leg, 6th Motor Ambulance Convoy, 24 July 1916. …Martha Ellen, two children, Lachlan and Ivy, who was just 14 years of age, and an adopted son, Eric Edward Travis.
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  • Gerald Griffith
    … in 1890, Gerald was the second of eight children born to William Griffith and his wife Elizabeth (nee Brown) of ''Glen View'' at March. …er 1916. He embarked HMAT A23 ''Suffolk'' in Fremantle on 10 October 1916, and disembarked at Plymouth on 2 December 1916.
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  • William Wallace Lawson
    …to William Henry Lawson and his wife and Eliza (nee MacGilligate). William and his siblings were educated at Kerr’s Creek Public School. …915. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement as a Private and embarked from Sydney on 20 December 1915.
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  • Frederick Daniel Grimson
    '''Date of death:''' 5 April 1917, aged 26 years and 8 months … (born 1878), Stephen (born 1880), Edmond (born 1884), Robert (born 1887), and Frederick.
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  • Charles Grimson
    …on was born in 1876 at Yullundry, Cumnock, to Edmund and Mary Ann Grimson, and was the eldest of six children. The family lived at ''Norfolk Farm'', on t… …d 25, enlisted to serve in the Boer War. He joined the 3rd Mounted Rifles, and embarked ''British Princess'' on 21 March 1901, arriving at Durban, South …
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  • Malcolm Herbert Stewart
    Admitted to HS ''Delta'' with gunshot wounds to the left arm and right leg, Alexandra, 7 August 1915. …40 years and was an active member of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows Lodge and Ophir Lodge.
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  • William Aubrey Collyer
    …ngarbon in 1896, the first of five children born to Thomas William Collyer and his wife Flora Jane (nee Dewar). …Friday 12 November, where they were greeted by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and a crowd of 100,000 people.
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  • Charles Gordon Stewart
    …mily was particularly civic minded and displayed a keen interest in Orange and its townspeople; they were actively involved with [[St John's Presbyterian… …at the Post Office for 42 years; the only exceptions being his war service and relief duties at Bathurst Post Office.
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  • Walter William Erickson
    …vious occasions, but was unsuccessful. He travelled to Brisbane to enlist, and was accepted on his third attempt. …ipture examinations in connection with the Queensland Sunday School Union, and was awarded 16th prize in the Lower Intermediate Division.
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  • Henry Bert Hart
    … were Rachael, Ernest, Arthur, Julia Anne (Annie), Lavinia, Matilda (Till) and Frederick William. …as buried in the Millthorpe Cemetery alongside her parents. Her sons, Fred and Bert Hart were then residing at “The Gap”.
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  • William Francis O’Neill
    …Morse). Daniel and Lavinia married in 1878 and had ten children: five sons and five daughters. They moved from Cargo to the property ''Glenview'' at Cumn… …he Farmers and Settlers’ Association. He grew wheat at Yullundry in 1921 and in 1923 the National Advocate (Bathurst) reported that he had successfully…
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  • Martin O’Neill 1892-1917
    …Morse). Daniel and Lavinia married in 1878 and had ten children: five sons and five daughters. They moved from Cargo to the property ''Glenview'' at Cumn… …ing as a labourer at ''Burgoon'', Cumnock. His parents and siblings, James and Catherine, were listed as living at ''Glenview'', Cumnock.
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  • William James Heathcote Brook
    …in Orange in 1885, the sixth of seven children born to Edward George Brook and Helena Booth Heathcote. …e somewhat; their children were born in Windsor, Berrima, Bathurst, Orange and Goulburn. They later settled in Waverley in Sydney.
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  • Edward George Heathcote Brook
    …in Orange in 1892, the fifth of seven children born to Edward George Brook and Helena Booth Heathcote. …e somewhat; their children were born in Windsor, Berrima, Bathurst, Orange and Goulburn. They later settled in Waverley in Sydney.
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  • Raymond Sylvester Lord
    Raymond Sylvester Lord was born in 1890 in Cargo, a son of Edward and Alice Lord. From 1898 to 1904 Raymond his older brother Claude attended sc… …ng when he enlisted at Liverpool on 16 February 1915. He was 25 years old, and listed his father Edward Lord, of Parkes, as next of kin. He embarked from…
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  • Charles Henri Condell
    …rn in Ireland in 1890, the youngest of six children born to Thomas Condell and his wife Sarah (nee Macartney). In August 1906, 16 year old Charles joined… …m labourer at the time. Charles trained at Cootamundra and Goulburn camps, and, in June 1916, embarked from Sydney for overseas service, a private in the…
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  • Thomas Macartney (Mac) Condell
    Transferred to Education Service and promoted 2nd Lieutenant 31 January 1919. … (nee Macartney). After completing his school education Thomas studied law and went on to practise in the Irish courts. In 1911 he migrated to Australia …
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  • Herbert Vincent McGrath
    … to James McGrath and Mary Jane Norris. Herbert grew up in Cudal, where he and his siblings attended the local public school. …as held in the Cudal Hall, and Vin was presented with a periscope, a razor and two pairs of knitted socks.
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  • Sidney John Fogarty
    Reported wounded and missing 14 November 1916. …ed butcheries in several towns, including Weston, Forbes, Parkes, Warialda and Gloucester. When Sidney was a boy the family moved from Orange to Bathurst…
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  • Bertram Frederick (Bertie) Tanner
    …rs and outfitters business in Summer Street. He also served as an alderman and, in 1892, was elected mayor of Orange. …ontracted a severe case of “water pleurisy” while working at Singleton and had been forced to return home to Orange for treatment. [http://trove.nla.…
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  • Charles King Brothers
    …ternal grandfather, Charles McArthur King was a Governor of Norfolk Island and his great great grandfather was Phillip Gidley King, the third Governor of… …oved to Rangeville in southern Queensland where Ernest practiced dentistry and Charles attended Rangeville State School. As a teenager, Charles served fo…
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  • John ‘Jack’ Curran
    …’ Curran (right) with Sergeant Harry Conroy Thacker. Image courtesy Joan and Kel Regan.]] …Randwick on 23 August 1914, less than a month after the declaration of war and more than likely as soon as news had filtered up to his work gang at Kenda…
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  • Edwin Hercules Fardell
    Died of wounds, HMHS ''Delta'' and buried at sea, 9 August 1915. …n 1890 at Orange NSW, the first son of Alderman Thomas [[Tom Fardell]] Jnr and Martha Ellen Fardell nee Toms.
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  • Charles Herbert McMurtrie
    Disembarked at Marseilles and transferred to hospital 29 June 1916. …-round sportsman from Orange who represented Australia in both rugby union and rugby league. In 1908 he was a member of the Wallabies rugby union team th…
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  • Joseph Christopher Cox
    Wounded in action sustaining gunshot wounds to the arm and right leg 5 May 1917. …mily had moved to Menah near Mudgee, where Francis ran a grazing property, and where he was killed in a riding accident in January 1910.
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  • Alfred Leslie Northey
    Alfred Leslie Northey was born in Millthorpe in 1895 to Joseph Thomas and Elizabeth Northey. The family later moved to [[Sale Street]] in Orange whe… …metery in Belgium. Alfred was 22 when he died; he had served for two years and three months. Lance Corporal Northey was one of seven men from the Orange …
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  • Robert Clyde Jones
    … of [[Summerhill Creek]]. Richard and Alice were married in Orange in 1889 and had several children. Robert was educated at [[Orange East Public School]]… ::''In the event of my death I bequeath all my money and deferred pay to my step brother Percival Arthur Lewis''
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  • Joseph Albert Walsh
    … daughters. Cornelius was well-known in Orange, being a veterinary surgeon and a breeder of trotting horses. …ded to France in March. On 7 April 1917 he was Promoted to Lance Corporal, and, a month later, to Corporal.
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  • John Thomas Fearish
    …arish had a relatively short military career; he enlisted in November 1916 and died less than a year later from wounds received on the Western Front. …882, the fifth of eight children born to English immigrant William Fearish and Bathurst born Bridget Mary Fogarty. The family relocated to Surry Hills in…
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  • Frederick Augustus Taylor
    Taken on strength and appointed a driver with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 21 April 1917. …s, in 1883. A daughter, Jessie May followed in 1896. William was a popular and well-respected publican in Cudal; the long-time proprietor of the Tattersa…
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  • Sidney Alfred Maddison
    …eersheba in Palestine. Sidney was one of 31 Australians who died that day, and the only person from the Orange district to die in that conflict. Sidney was born in Orange in 1882 to John and Elizabeth Maddison. John and Elizabeth were early settlers in Orange; during the 1860s John worked as a…
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  • Alfred Chapman
    …and_Benjamin_Chapman_from_Kerrie_Nicholls.png|200px|thumb|left|Cousins Alf and Ben Chapman. Image courtesy Kerrie Nicholls.]] Transferred to rest camp with septic sores and periostitis, 9 July 1917.
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  • Benjamin Barnett Chapman
    …and_Benjamin_Chapman_from_Kerrie_Nicholls.png|200px|thumb|left|Cousins Alf and Ben Chapman. Image courtesy Kerrie Nicholls.]] … serve in the First World War. Ben, his brother, [[George Denis Chapman]], and cousin [[Alfred Chapman]] enlisted together in Liverpool on 8 February 191…
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  • George Denis Chapman
    '''Occupation:''' Farmer and grazier …nnie) in 1900. George senior was a successful sheep grazier at Spring Hill and young George, aka Denny, followed in his father’s footsteps.
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  • William Henry Payne
    …ry Ann nee Jones. William and Mary had married in Orange in September 1886 and William Henry was their first-born son. A second son, Curtis Robert, follo… … Station]]. He trained with the Australasian branch of the Marconi Company and was also a Deputy Manager with Amalgamated Wireless (Australia) Ltd.
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    …n of William, a popular local hairdresser, and Mary Ann nee Jones. William and Mary married in Orange in September 1886; their first son, William Henry, … …riage with William on the grounds of desertion. This was granted, and Mary and Curtis moved to Sydney.
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  • Lancelot Douglas Nicol
    Taken on strength 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade and posted to 115th Battery, Tel-el-Kebir, 27 March 1916. …cated at [[Spring Hill Public School]] and Bathurst Superior Public School and later trained as bookkeeper.
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  • Peter Murray
    … Orange in about 1883. He volunteered to serve in WWI on 28 September 1915 and proceeded to Armidale training camp. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Murray-Peter]]
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  • Robert Henry Caldwell
    … Andrew Caldwell]], who lived in Millthorpe, had enlisted in December 1915 and the brothers trained together at camp in Bathurst. …died on New Year’s Day 1918, aged 22. He was accorded a military funeral and buried at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey.
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  • William Andrew Caldwell
    …r, [[Robert Henry Caldwell]], had enlisted within a few days of each other and trained together at Bathurst camp. William embarked from Sydney on 7 Octob… William disembarked in Plymouth on 21 November and proceeded to Parkhouse Camp where he undertook further training. In late M…
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  • Harold Murray
    Harold Murray was born in Orange in 1901 to Annie Oak Hannon and Robert Murray. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Murray-Harold]]
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  • William Murray
    Charged with being drunk and absent without leave, Sydney, 1 August 1916. … he was charged with being absent without leave and drunk on two occasions and deserted twice from the AIF.
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  • Sage Clyne Sinclair Murray
    …on 4 September 1893, the sixth of thirteen children born to William Murray and his wife Alice (nee Wren) of Cargo Road. …older brother [[George Wren Murray]] travelled to Roseberry Park in Sydney and enlisted in the First World War. The war had begun less than three weeks e…
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  • George Wren Murray
    Died of pleurisy and heart failure, Tidworth Military Hospital, 17 January 1918. …y, had fought in the Battle of Waterloo, and his great uncles in the Sudan and Boer Wars. Orange historian William (Bill) Folster estimates that more tha…
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  • James Commins
    …arat. In 1854 he was managing the Working Miners' Claim at Sebastopol Hill and took an active part in the Eureka Stockade. By 1870 the family had relocat… … his education James worked as a labourer at [[Dalton Bothers Flour Mill]] and was a member of the [[Orange Rifle Club]].
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  • Walter Stewart Murray
    …1917, two and a half years after his older brothers [[George Wren Murray]] and [[Sage Clyne Sinclair Murray]]. … Training Battalion at Durrington. In December 1917 he proceeded to France and was taken on strength with the 1st Battalion.
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  • Francis Bede Commins
    …arat. In 1854 he was managing the Working Miners' Claim at Sebastopol Hill and took an active part in the Eureka Stockade. By 1870 the family had relocat… On 21 November 1903 Justices Simpson and Pring admitted thirteen new solicitors to the bar, Francis Bede Commins am…
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  • George Murray
    …ary nee Liscombe of ''Athol Farm'', Manildra. John was aged 57 at the time and was a storekeeper in Molong. …service George was hit in the mouth by a bullet. He sustained a broken jaw and lost four teeth.
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  • Patrick Joseph Commins
    …arat. In 1854 he was managing the Working Miners' Claim at Sebastopol Hill and played an active part in the Eureka Stockade. By 1870 the family had reloc… …arry. In November 1896 he was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court and established a legal practice in Coonabarabran.
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  • John James (Jack) McMurtrie
    …4 John James McMurtrie was the third of eight children born to John Robert and Sarah Jane McMurtrie. …ed [[McMurtrie and Co]] monumental masons, a business that continues today and has constructed more than 900 monuments in [[Orange Cemetery]].
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  • Hugh Miller Murray
    …rvice. His grandfather, Sage Murray, had fought in the Battle of Waterloo, and his uncles in the Sudan. …He went to Molong in search of gold but became a cattle and sheep grazier, and was the first man to travel sheep overland to Ballarat.
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  • Charles Cornelius McConnell
    …istrict of [[Ophir]]. Members of the family worked as miners, storekeepers and publicans in the early years of the settlement. … when he enlisted in August 1915. Charles’ father John had died in 1896, and his mother Sarah in 1913, so Charles nominated his sister, Agnes, as his n…
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  • Donald McConnell
    Admitted to 21st Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to the legs and feet 16 October 1916. …brother [[Charles Cornelius McConnell]] enlisted together on 4 August 1915 and were assigned to the 1st Australian Mining Corps as sappers. The brothers …
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  • Alfred Allen McConnell
    …Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, with gunshot wounds to the left thigh and shoulder, 17 July 1917. …, the fifth of twelve children of Ophir settlers Archibald Smith McConnell and Elizabeth Hetherington.
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  • William Wallace Murray
    …n was engaged near Ypres in Belgium when a bullet entered his left buttock and penetrated his abdomen. Private Murray was evacuated to the nearby 3rd Can… … Wallace Murray was born in Molong in 1884. His parents were Walter Rennie and Mary Jane Murray. He was educated at Manildra school.
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  • George Lyons
    …ellington, NSW, in 1890, George Lyons was the second eldest son of William and Jessie Lyons. George was working as a labourer and was a keen football and cricket player prior to his enlistment on 29 June 1915.
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  • Francis Harrie Crouch
    … in Bathurst in 1881, the third of eight children of Henry Augustus Crouch and his wife Isabella, nee Tennant. …joined the Lands Department. In 1882 he became District Surveyor at Orange and, in 1902, was appointed chairman of the [[Orange Land Board]], a position …
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  • Wilfred Edmund Cox
    …uct the [[Holy Trinity Church in 1878. He was church warden for many years and also served as an alderman on [[Orange Municipal Council]]. Wilfred was educated at [[Orange Public School]] and later entered the family business as a brick labourer.
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  • Frederick Singleton Martin
    …Poor old Fred was killed on the night of March 30th. Fred was in the band, and, when there was any fighting on, acted as stretcher bearer,'' ::''which is a very dangerous task, and I am told he did his work wonderfully well. A little time ago the band was…
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  • George Edward John Seers
    …is way to [[McLachlan Street]] to deliver the heart-rending news to Thomas and Alice Seers that their son George had been killed in action six months ear… …eat Western Road between Lucknow and Orange. He later worked as a labourer and foreman of works for [[East Orange Council]].
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  • Keith William Evans
    … William Evans was the second of four children of William Cunningham Evans and Harriet Priscilla nee Mackey, who had married in Balmain in 1883. …kruptcy in 1890. Keith’s mother Harriet died in Balmain in October 1903, and William less than three months later, in February 1904.
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  • Arthur Bergin
    ::''Mr Bergin is 88 years old, is very feeble and is living quite alone – his only other child, a daughter, having to leav… …aid, is in very feeble health and failing visibly. His boy was all he had, and he was killed.''
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  • William Alexander Woods
    … personal effects were lost at sea when the SS ''Barunga'' - was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Cornwall in July 1918. …iam Alexander Woods was born in Forest Reefs in 1875, Mary’s third child and first son, named after his father, William snr.
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  • Harold Charles Crossman
    Received gunshot wounds to the right shoulder and scalp, 29 July 1916. …unate victim of friendly fire at Hangard Wood on the Western Front. Harold and three other soldiers of the 18th Battalion, B Company were digging in a ma…
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  • Walter Garnett Bennett
    …he second son of Millthorpe newsagent and storekeeper Walter James Bennett and his wife Ellen Selina nee Barnes. … was educated at Millthorpe Public School. He later worked as a bookkeeper and volunteered at the Methodist Sunday School.
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  • Sidney Charles Woods
    …estern Front nine days apart. When the ''Barunga'' sank so too did William and Sidney’s personal effects, never to be recovered. …16 he was living with his mother in [[McLachlan Street]], [[East Orange]], and working as a miner. He was also a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters…
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  • William Barrington Rothery
    '''Occupation:''' Station manager and grazier Admitted to 14th General Hospital, Boulogne, with tenosynovitis and bursitis, 11 January 1918.
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  • Errol Bathurst Smith
    Marched in to No 1 Overflow Camp, Calais, and taken on strength 13th Battalion,1 April 1918. Wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the upper arm and a fractured humerus, 1 May 1918.
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  • Charles Throsby Smith
    '''Occupation:''' Farmer and grazier Marched in to No 1 Overflow Camp, Calais, and taken on strength 13th Battalion,1 April 1918.
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  • Victor Turnbull
    …oar in 1898, Victor Turnbull was the first of three boys of Joseph Pearson and Edith Turnbull (nee Baldwin). On 28 February 1917 Victor travelled to Orange and enlisted at the [[Drill Hall]]. He gave his occupation as “farmer” on …
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  • Sidney Harold Tom Lister
    …ber 1895. He was the ninth of eleven children born to Thomas Sydney Lister and his wife Emily Australia (nee Tom). …hen Sidney was a young boy his family moved to Day Street in Marrickville, and he attended West Marrickville Public School.
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  • Harry Cleveland Goodsir
    Recommended for Distinguished Conduct Medal for courage and steadiness, 28 February 1918. …he second of four children of Port Stephens sawmill manager Reuben Goodsir and his wife Eliza nee Aston.
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  • James John Fleming
    …ames Patrick and Ellen Letitia Fleming lived at ''Eulalie'' in Stuart Town and James snr worked as a miner. … enlisted in Queensland in January 1916. James proceeded to Liverpool camp and embarked for overseas service on 31 October.
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  • Ernest Harold Goode
    …. On 9 August he was conveyed to the hospital ship HS ''Dieppe'' at Calais and evacuated to hospital in England. … killing him instantly. Eyewitnesses claimed that he died from concussion, and that he body was unblemished.
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  • George Henry Goode
    …pe in 1887, George was the seventh of ten children of farmer William Goode and his wife Elizabeth Grace nee Pascoe. Following his education George worked as a grocer for Messrs W and E Hayes Trade Palace Stores in Millthorpe.
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  • Joseph Parrish
    In 1912 Joseph and Martha Ann Parrish emigrated from Wales to Australia and settled in the Newcastle district. Six years later they would lose two of … …e Recruitment March at Wellington. He completed his medical at Wellington, and was attested by Captain Nicholas at Orange on the 24 October 1915. At the …
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  • Frederick Harrison 1864-1945
    '''Occupation:''' Miner and quarryman …forth district and married Annie Eliza Totten in Orange in 1890. Frederick and Annie had five children, all of whom were born in the Orange district.
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  • Frederick Harrison 1892-1949
    …st member of his family to do so. Two of his brothers – Richard Harrison and Thomas Harrison - would follow his example, as would his 44 year old fathe… … at [[Wentworth Mine]] and young Frederick followed his father’s example and became a miner.
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  • Thomas Harrison
    '''Occupation:''' Slater and tiler …now in 1893. His father, Frederick, had arrived in Australia in March 1885 and was employee of the [[Wentworth Mine]] at Lucknow. By the late 1890s the f…
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  • Vivian Herbert Evans
    …rbert Evans was clearly an exception. He served for a period of four years and was not hospitalised once during this time. He was, however, injured; on 2… ::''Wounded slightly and remaining at duty''
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  • Richard Harrison
    Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance with shot wounds to scalp and right hand 19 August 1918. … weeks later, on 27 January 1916. He embarked from Sydney on 31 March 1916 and was taken on strength with the 13th Battalion at Serapeum, Egypt, on 18 Ma…
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  • John Francis Roberts
    On 14 February 1916 brothers John Francis Roberts and [[Charles Joseph Roberts]] travelled from their home in Wolgan Street, Por… …just five years old at the time, and Charles, seven. In about 1914 Charles and his boys moved to Portland, where Charles snr found work at the Boulder Mi…
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  • William John Rae
    To be temporary Captain whilst commanding Base Depot ICC (Paymaster and Details Captain), 20 October 1916. …''' NE Tel-el-Jenine bearing of 277 degrees on Un Terar. Marked with Cross and name Officiating Chaplain Rev Scott Little
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  • Howard Vivian Hawke
    Howard was born in Orange on 27 June 1896, one of five children of Francis and Evangeline Hawke of ''Glenluna'' orchard on [[Pinnacle Road]] in the footh… …tion Howard worked on the family orchard. He was also a keen tennis player and a member of the Methodist Tennis Club.
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  • Spencer William Coleman
    and his wife Maria Selmes. Young Spencer attended the local public school and later trained as a police officer. During 1911 and 1912 Police Constable Coleman was stationed in Orange. During this time he…
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  • Charles Joseph Roberts
    …ed to 8th Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to the right knee and hand, 12 May 1917. ::''and excellent work during the recent operations. In publishing his name the Co…
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  • Thomas Cravino
    Admitted to 54th General Hospital, France, with bursitis and bronchitis, 15 December 1917. … wife Elizabeth nee Smith. He was educated at the Wellington Public School and was later employed by Thomas Rowe of North Wellington.
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  • Percy Francis McDonnell
    …e’s father was James McDonnell, who was a pioneer pastoralist of Cumnock and the Western District. …, Dubbo and Grafton. Percy Edward also intended to enlist but was promoted and continued working for the Post Office.
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  • George Huntley Rae
    …Australian Camel Corps in Egypt. They were the sons of William Allwood Rae and Florence Julia Rae (nee Johnson) of ''[[Glenroi]]'', [[Bathurst Road]], Or… …t of his siblings were born. He came from a large family of three brothers and seven sisters.
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  • Stephen Harold Perry
    …of age, a draper by trade, and the fourth son and seventh child of Stephen and Betsey Perry of [[Moulder Street]], Orange …ond Lieutenant. He, together with two other cadets, [[Stanley Roy Wasson]] and [[Malcolm Stewart]] were chosen as part of the Coronation Contingent who w…
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  • Norman Dunstan Rae
    Admitted to hospital ship Guildford Castle suffering from influenza and dysentry 20 September 1915. …illiam Allwood Rae and Florence Johnson. His brothers [[William John Rae]] and [[George Huntley Rae]] saw service in the Camel Corps during WWI. Captain …
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  • Reginald Gordon Perry
    Wounded in action sustaining a gunshot wound to the right hip and foot 15 August 1916. Detached from duty and marched out to 4th Battalion for return to Australia.
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  • Thomas Robert Rae
    …ts that he was in Egypt, went to France, spent time on furlough in England and on his return five months later was killed in action on 30 October 1917. …ey University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining and Metallurgy in 1905, reiterates his own words regarding his time at the Wes…
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  • Daniel Malcolm Wann
    Born in Orange in 1886, Daniel was the second son of Charles snr and Mary Ann nee Plowman. By 1903 the family had moved to Armadale in Western … …ild, Sydney Malcolm, was born in 1912, followed by Donald Charles in 1913, and Alice in 1916.
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  • Charles Alexander Wann
    ::''He was a fine soldier, and one of the bravest men I ever met.'' [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a… …ander Wann, aka Alex, was born in Orange in 1883. His parents, Charles snr and Mary Ann nee Plowman had married in Orange the previous year.
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  • William Thomas Clarke
    …dmitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance with gunshot wounds to the knee and side 9 October 1917. …ance in the thick mist with his platoon he ran up against an enemy MG post and was twice beaten back with bombs.''
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  • Charles Aubrey Jhonson
    … 5th Australian Casualty Clearing Station with gunshot wounds to the thigh and arm 20 July 1916. ::''For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Though wounded early in the attack he continued to lead …
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  • Harold Percival Gavin
    '''Occupation:''' Carpenter and joiner … bestowed upon him her engagement ring, presumably as a token of good luck and talisman for his safe return.
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  • Peter Christopher Byrnes
    Wounded in action receiving gunshot wounds to the chest, thigh, hand and foot, France, 8 October 1917. … Terence Byrnes]], sons of Peter Byrnes and Jane Maria Byrnes (nee Sherry) and a well-known family of Burdett, near Canowindra, saw service in France dur…
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  • Daniel Terence Byrnes
    …e Byrnes was born in Orange in 1887. He was the fourth son of Peter Byrnes and Jane Maria Byrnes (nee Sherry), a well-known family of the Burdett area ne… …an Daniel Byrnes worked on farms. He later joined LA Fosbery and Co, stock and station agent in Wagga Wagga, where he was employed as a clerk.
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  • Gerald Benedict Fahy
    …gas poisoning on 7 April 1917. “Gattye”, as he was known to his family and friends, enlisted at Enoggera, Queensland, on 9 May 1915. Although he gave… …ength with the 15th Battalion at Lemnos. On 9 February 1916 he was wounded and admitted to the Australian Overseas Base at Chesireh, Egypt.
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  • Percy Lennox Young
    …ng an engineer by trade one could assume that he received a good secondary and possibly tertiary education. … in Ashfield and two children were born of the union: Winifred, born 1912, and Jean Margaret, born 1913. Sadly, Jean died at the age of eight months.
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  • George Holden
    …farmer prior to enlistment. He was also a member of the Bowan Park Farmers and Settlers' Association, who presented him with booklets of War Savings Stam… … Holden was hospitalised in August and September 1918 with pyrexia (fever) and neurasthenia (hysteria). He was transferred to the 14th Australian General…
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  • Lindsay Gordon Smith
    Taken on strength 14th Field Artillery Brigade and posted to 53rd Battery, 25 January 1917. …ceased soldier was accorded a full military funeral, firing party, bugler, and pallbearers being in attendance,''
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  • Herbert Hamilton Holden
    …erred to the Fovant Military Hospital in England suffering from bronchitis and debility. Upon his recovery Herbert returned to France and served another year with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement, before ret…
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  • Arthur Clive Gentle
    …h Australian General Hospital, Port Said, with gunshot wounds to both legs and the left thigh 8 April 1918. …vice. He worked in the Electric Telegraph Department in Inverell, Armidale and Sydney.
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  • Stanley Michael Jordan
    …bout 1894. He grew up in Orange, living with his mother in [[Lords Place]] and attending [[Patrician Brothers’]] School. Following his education Stan (… In 1916 Stan returned to Orange and opened a hairdressing salon attached to the [[Club Hotel]] in [[Summer Str…
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  • Ernest Richard Larkin Baulch
    '''Buried:''' Near Robert Wood between the villages of Proyart and Chuignes, France …ld Ambulance with trench fever. He rejoined his battalion on 1 August 1918 and was killed in action on 23 August 1918.
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  • Frederick Peppernell
    and tell you that your brave son was killed while doing his duty for King and Country.'' ::''Hoping you receive these alright, a brave lad loved and respected by all.''
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  • Edward O’Rourke
    …s Strait Islanders are warned that content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.''''' …ard was transferred to hospital. Private O’Rourke’s condition improved and, on 4 December 1918, he embarked HMAT ''Marathon'' for the return trip to …
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  • Henry Peppernell
    … Wednesday 10 September 1919 for Private Stanley Fitzharding Leslie Lawson and Corporal Henry (Harry) Peppernell when they returned to Kerr’s Creek at … … 23 years and 2 months. They joined the 30th Battalion on 10 February 1916 and embarked at Sydney via HMAT A72 ''Beltana'' on 13 May 1916 bound for Engla…
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  • John Grenfell Pascoe
    Admitted to Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, with influenza and pneumonia, 26 January 1919. …had been declared less than two months earlier. Driver Pascoe had seen two and half years’ active service was awaiting transportation home to Australia…
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  • William Henry Peppernell
    …reek via Orange. William, aka Billy, attested at Lawson on 7 November 1915 and was one of the participants in the 1915 Coo-ee March from Gilgandra to Syd… On Tuesday 9 November 1915 the ''Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate'' reported:
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  • Alban Peter “King” O’Malley
    …nd highly respected local identity in the Orange district, served his King and Country during the First World War. A newspaper article in the ''Leader'' … … Taylor and Weston, received a wire on Saturday night to proceed to Sydney and report himself for duty.'' [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117…
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  • Thomas Reuben Haydon
    According to the ''Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent'' of 18 March 1919 Thomas was just 16 when he volun… Thomas was born in Stuart Town in 1901 to Peter Haydon and Annette nee Bastardi, who had married in Wellington in 1888. Thomas’ fat…
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  • George Frederick Reed
    George Frederick Reed and his family were living in [[Edward Street]], [[East Orange]], when the Fir… …a had four children: Nilda (born in 1902), Clarence (1908), George (1914), and Leslie (1916).
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  • William John Miller
    … born at Ophir on 15 February 1896. His parents were William Thomas Miller and Sarah (Sadie) Amelia nee McConnell, who had married in Orange the previous… …false name because he was under 21 years and was estranged from his father and was unable or unwilling to obtain his father’s permission. William nomin…
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  • Charles Alexander
    '''Occupation:''' Tinsmith and motor driver Taken on strength, 5th Pioneer Battalion, in the field, and allotted Regimental No 2867A, 25 August 1916.
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  • Arthur William Cecil Attwood
    …number 98 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France. [[Category:Service Men and Women|Attwood-Arthur-William-Cecil]]
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  • Arthur Gordon Ash
    … Ash and Alice nee Stibbard. The Ash family moved to Lucknow, where Arthur and his siblings were raised. … the 42 men who presented themselves to Dr Freyer for medical examination, and was one of only 14 who were declared fit for service.
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  • Andrew Leslie Bennett
    …ndrew_Leslie_AWM.JPG|200px|thumb|left|Cousins Andrew Leslie Bennett (left) and Tomas Charles Bolton. Image courtesy Australian War Memorial.]] …Buried:''' Fenillers Military Cemetery near Peronne, France. Later exhumed and reinterred Hem Farm Military Cemetery, France, Plot 2, Row K Grave 8.
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  • George Joseph Beshewatie
    …d away. George proceeded overseas via HMAT A72 ''Beltana'' on 16 June 1917 and marched into Havre, France, on 28 December 1917. According to Red Cross re… …number 82 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France.
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  • William Henry Bright
    … on 25 January 1916. When he became ill his parents withdrew their consent and he was discharged. …mbah'' on 23 June 1916. Bright was taken on strength to the 35th Battalion and proceeded to France. He fell ill with cellulitis of the neck on 23 Februar…
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  • George Henry Bruce
    … 1915 for Egypt. While there he experienced a severe bout of enteric fever and returned to Australia to convalesce for three months. …''Ceramic'' and rejoined his unit now serving in France. Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files contain reports of his death from a fellow soldier who knew …
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  • James Budge
    … Battalion. He embarked HMAT A14 ''Euripides'' on 9 September for England, and proceeded to France on 14 December 1916. ::''He passed him quite close and he never moved and reached the position about 15 yards ahead where he delivered the bombs.''
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  • William Robert Bulloch
    …son of Duncan and Sarah (nee Hillier) Bulloch of Kendall Street, Bathurst, and the grandson son of James Hillier of the 17th Lancers who served with the … …December 1915. He spent some time in Cairo before travelling to Marseilles and on to the Western Front. On 7 August 1915 he was appointed Lance Corporal.…
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  • Arthur Bult
    … name registered as Erol A E Bult Arthur attended Euchareena Public School and worked as a labourer before becoming a slaughterman. …d to Alexandria in Egypt. On 29 August he was diagnosed with enteric fever and transferred to the Enteric Convalescent Camp at Port Said. He returned to …
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  • John Thomas Burrell
    …d for England. There he was taken on strength with the 25th Reinforcements and landed in France on 20 August 1918. Three days later he was killed in acti… …ial Gates, Rock Lodge UAOD Honour Roll, the Blayney-Millthorpe Honour Roll and on panel number 35 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in…
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  • George Campbell
    … 1917. George was raised by his grandmother as both parents were deceased; and she had given permission for him to enlist. …t 1916 and was taken on strength with the 45th Battalion on 1 January 1917 and sent to France. On 25 May 1917 he was accidently wounded when a mortar dis…
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  • Edgar George Clarke
    …of enlistment on 15 February 1916 he gave his occupation as a motor driver and his address as Coffs Harbour. He had had three years’ experience in the … …ed the 55th Battalion. Private Clarke was killed in action on 2 April 1917 and was buried in the Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
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  • Bertram Henry Frank Collier
    …ange Methodist Church]]. Bertram married Alice May Crump in Orange in 1913 and had one infant daughter at the time of his death. …number 28 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France.
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  • Frederick Conroy
    An enigma surrounds the birth and persons mentioned in the service records of Frederick Conroy. No record ca… …rpool to enlist in WWI. He formed part of the 17th Australian Infantry AIF and embarked at Sydney on 5 October 1915 via HMAT A32 ''Themistocles''.
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  • Leslie Vivian Harcourt Coote
    …of his enlistment Leslie Coote worked as a chief clerk in the Railway Road and Bridges Office. …ary 1916 at the age of 24. On 29 July 1916 he embarked HMAT A67 ''Orsova'' and after arriving in England was taken on strength to the 104th Battery, Divi…
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  • William Joseph Coppock
    Transferred to England for treatment and convalescence. …chool in Orange, he was apprenticed to Edward (Ted) Lawler, horse trainer, and followed that occupation.
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  • Albert Thomas Corkett
    …ring this inscription is that of Albert “Bert” Thomas Corkett, husband and father of three young children. He died as a result of injuries sustained … …d Mary Sophia Ballard at Maitland and they had three children Irene, James and Nora.
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  • John Joseph Cullen
    …ed at the time of his enlistment and so he gave his eldest brother Phillip and sister Mary Theresa as his next of kin. … ''Beltana'' on 25 November 1916. He arrived in England on 29 January 1917 and was marched into the 12th Training Battalion at Codford.
    3 KB (437 words) - 00:42, 1 December 2020
  • William Thomas Curnow
    Transferred to England for treatment and convalescence. …at Foucaucourt. Comrades buried him in situ and his body was later exhumed and reinterred at the Heath Military Cemetery at Harbonnieres, France.
    2 KB (265 words) - 00:48, 1 December 2020
  • Thomas Meynell Curtayne
    …t of five children. Tom, as he was known, obtained his schooling in Orange and on leaving school became a baker’s carter. Prior to his enlistment he wa… …fore Tom was accepted by the AIF, he had to undergo a couple of operations and was prepared to undergo a third if it necessary. [https://trove.nla.gov.au…
    3 KB (544 words) - 00:51, 1 December 2020
  • Harry Davenport
    …e gave his place of birth as Canada, stated he was a widower aged 42 years and his occupation as Billiard Table Proprietor. …ly. According to letters in his military record, he had never been married and did not have the daughter who was also mentioned therein.
    3 KB (470 words) - 00:54, 1 December 2020
  • Edric Albert Davies
    Edric Albert Davies was the son of William Beveridge and Jane Davies, born at Kelso on 10 December 1888. He was a provision merchan… …und for Alexandria. Here he was appointed Lance Corporal on 1 January 1915 and while at Lemnos was promoted to Corporal, on 14 April 1915. While his unit…
    4 KB (634 words) - 00:55, 1 December 2020
  • Keith Whitmee (Barney) Davis
    …gledell'', Avenel Road, via Cargo. He attested at Orange on 18 August 1915 and embarked per HMAT ''Aeneas'' on 20 October 1915. He joined the 54th Battal… …r Loaf’ Salient at Fromelles. He was wounded in the neck on 21 July 1916 and died the following day at the Canadian Clearing Station from an infection …
    3 KB (447 words) - 00:58, 1 December 2020
  • Arthur James Dein
    Arthur James Dein was born at Wellington in 1898, the son of Edward Jacob and Mary Jane Dein. At the time of his enlistment, 15 February 1916 at Dubbo, … …d to France. Arthur received a shrapnel wound to the head on 11 March 1917 and died at the Advanced Dressing Station the following day.
    4 KB (645 words) - 23:13, 2 January 2021

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